Edmund Dulac.

372 by 272mm., ink and watercolour drawing, signed and dated lower right, mounted, framed and glazed

Leicester Galleries, November - December 1912, number 28 (sold to F. Samuelson)

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."

Reproduced, as the twenty-third of twenty-eight colour plates, within Edgar Allan Poe's The Bells and other poems (Hodder and Stoughton, 1912). The drawing illustrates the poem 'Israfel':

"In Heaven a spirit doth dwell
'Whose heart-strings are a lute;'
None sing so wildly well
As the angel Israfel,
And the giddy Stars (so legends tell)
Ceasing their hymns, attend the spell
Of his voice, all mute.

Original labels from The Leicester Galleries exhibition are preserved on the frame backing.