15th Sep, 2021 10:00

The Autumn Auction

 
  Lot 111
 

Henry Justice Ford (British, 1860-1941), a pen and ink drawing for Andrew Lang's Brown Fairy Book

Henry Justice Ford (British, 1860-1941), 'The giant will trouble you no more, said Geirald', inscribed on the mount 'To my dear nephew Jerry Goodfellow with all good wishes from Henry J.Ford, March 20th 1917', pen and ink with highlights in gouache, 27cm x 21cm

Provenance:

This lot and the other example in this sale were gifted to the forebear of the vendor's wife. Thence by descent.

Footnote:

See footnote for the companion by Henry Justice Ford.

This work was for Andrew Lang's 'Brown Fairy Book', page 119.

Sold for £210


Condition Report

Mount very stained and discoloured. Unexamined out of frame.

Frame, cracked and chipped.

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