Arthur Rackham | Original illustration for Snow White ("The Dwarfs...found Snowdrop lying on the ground"), 1900, signed and dated by the artist

Arthur Rackham

"The Dwarfs, when they came in the evening, found Snowdrop lying on the ground", 1900

212 x 146mm., 383 x 305mm., ink and watercolour drawing on paper, SIGNED AND DATED 1900 LOWER LEFT, framed

A quintessential Rackham depicting a scene from his illustrations of Snowdrop and other Tales by the Brothers Grimm. Fairy tale scenes were some of the best loved pictures by Rackham, contributing to his status as one of the leading illustrators of the "Golden Age" of British book illustration.