[MISS ANGEL AND FULHAM LAWN; THE STORY OF ELIZABETH; BARBARA PETLAMB; THE PEDDLAR'S DIAMOND; LITTLE KEEPER; HANDSOME IS AS HANDSOME DOES; KNIGHTLINESS; TRADE; YOUNG LAZYBONES; KING ARTHUR'S BOAR HUNT]
Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 4,200 GBP
variously signed, inscribed and dated
pen and ink
the largest 24.5 by 18 cm., 9 ½ by 7 in.; the smallest 14.5 by 20.5 cm., 5 ¾ by 8 in
Leonard Roberts, Arthur Hughes, His Life and Works, Antique Collectors' Club Ltd., Woodbridge, 1997, pp. 262, 263, 264, 269 & 272
Miss Angel and Fulham Lawn and The Story of Elizabeth were used as titlepage illustrations for The Works of Miss Thackeray c.1873-5. Barbara Petlamb, The Peddlar's Diamond, Little Keeper, Handsome Is As Handsome Does and Knightliness were used as illustrations for Lilliput Revels (Matthew Browne, in Good Words for the Young 1869-1871). Trade was used as an illustration for Lilliput Lectures (Matthew Browne, in Good Words for the Young 1870-1871). Young Lazybones was used as an illustration for Innocents' Island (Matthew Browne, in Good Words for the Young 1871-1872). King Arthur's Boar Hunt was used as an illustration for King Arthur's Great Boar Hunt (anonymous, in Good Words for the Young 1871)
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