Braby, Dorothea--Wilde, Oscar
ORIGINAL DRAWINGS AND COLOURED WOOD-ENGRAVINGS BY DOROTHEA BRABY FOR "LORD ARTHUR SAVILLE'S CRIME". 1954
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English Literature, History, Children’s Books and Illustrations
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Braby, Dorothea--Wilde, Oscar
ORIGINAL DRAWINGS AND COLOURED WOOD-ENGRAVINGS BY DOROTHEA BRABY FOR "LORD ARTHUR SAVILLE'S CRIME". 1954
9 large sheets of rough pencil sketches and details of costumes and clocks, some annotated by the artist, each mounted; one unused pencil drawing and accompanying ink and watercolour drawing of the carriage clock, both signed by the artist, mounted; 6 preliminary pencil drawings and 8 early ink and watercolour drawings in various stages for all but one of the final illustrations, some signed and annotated by the artist, mounted; 4 sheets preliminary pencil sketches; 2 sheets ink decorations; 6 wood-engravings each printed in black and one colour, either red, green or ochre, each image present in 3 to 7 copies with slight variations in colouring and papers, several signed, dated and numbered from an edition of 25 copies by the artist, some with annotations, others with printed caption, each mounted; in two collector's folding cases (2)
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Oscar Wilde's Lord Arthur Saville's Crime was published in an edition of 1000 copies with illustrations by Dorothea Braby by the Rodale Press in 1954.
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English Literature, History, Children’s Books and Illustrations
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