Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone

Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone

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E.H. Shepard | "Saga of the Seas", original illustration for Kenneth Grahame's Dream Days, c.1955, signed by the artist

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E.H. Shepard


"Saga of the Seas", c. 1955


275 x 203 mm (frame 418 x 307 mm), gouache, crayon, and ink, signed by the artist in black ink on lower right-hand side, and captioned in pencil on lower margin "Dream Days 'Saga of the Seas'", verso inscribed by the artist in ink ("EH Shepard | Long Meadow | Longdown | Guildford | Surrey"), framed and glazed


Original illustration for Kenneth Grahame's Dream Days (Bodley Head, 1930).


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Bought from Sally Hunter Fine Art Limited, gallery label to verso

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