ARTHUR RACKHAM, "THE KNIGHT", PEN-AND-INK DRAWING, CIRCA 1900

Pen and ink on paper (9 x 12 in.; 23 x 30.5 cm). Original illustration, some pencil sketches and annotations, matted and framed; one or two stray spots. 

Pen and ink on paper (9 x 12 in.; 23 x 30.5 cm). Original illustration, some pencil sketches and annotations, matted and framed; one or two stray spots. Not examined out of frame.
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Arthur Rackham is widely regarded as one of the finest artists from the "Golden Age" of book illustration in Great Britain. This period roughly ranged from 1890 until the end of the First World War.