Lot 186
  • 186

[Wodehouse, P.G.]--[Houghton, John W.]--Dadd, Philip

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  • [Wodehouse, P.G.]--[Houghton, John W.]--Dadd, Philip
  • Four watercolours from William Tell Told Again, comprising:
  • ink and watercolour drawings on paper
1) "They would march about, beating tin cans and shouting" (verse beginning "And pride so filled this Gessler's soul") (plate II); 2) "'Come, come, come!' said Gessler, 'tell me all about it'" (verse beginning "Now, when the cat's away, the mice") (plate IX); 3) "A moment's suspense, and then a terrific cheer arose from the spectators" (verse beginning "Said Gessler, 'This is all my eye!") (plate XII); 4) "Tell's second arrow had found its mark" (verse beginning "But slips between the cup and lip") (plate XV); all 440 by 355mm., ink and watercolour drawings, signed with initials, mounted and framed (two glazed), some light browning (4)

Catalogue Note

William Tell Told Again was published by A. & C. Black in 1904 with prose by Wodehouse and verses by John W. Houghton.