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Lot 39
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Arthur Hughes

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
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Description

  • Arthur Hughes
  • Heart and Head Together, ca.1870. “The baby’s world was his mother’s arms” [alt. title]
  • pencil, ink,paper
Pen and ink. Illustration for At the Back of the North Wind by George MacDonald (London: Strahan & Co., 1871; reproduced on p.151). Measures 3-1/8 x 2-1/4 inches.

Catalogue Note

Arthur Hughes (1832–1915) was a British artist of the Royal Academy, best known for his work for the Pre-Raphaelite movement, creating major pieces in that genre, although he was a leading book illustrator in the 1860s-70s, working with Tennyson, George MacDonald and Christina Rossetti, among others.