William Heath Robinson | "All but blind in his chambered hole...", original illustration for Walter de la Mare's Peacock Pie, 1916

William Heath Robinson

"All but blind in his chambered hole | Gropes for worms | The four-clawed mole", 1916

c.110 x 82 mm (frame 225 x 225 mm), pen and ink, captioned "(TAIL-PIECE) | ALL BUT BLIND", mounted, framed, and glazed, very light marginal dampstaining

A charming original illustration for the lyric "All but Blind", reproduced in Walter de la Mare's Peacock Pie (London: Constable & Co., 1916, p. 121).

EXHIBITED:

The Robinson Brothers, Chris Beetles Gallery, 15 February–20 March 1992, item no. 342

PROVENANCE:

Chris Beetles Gallery, gallery label to verso