Walford Graham Robertson

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Walford Graham Robertson
1866-1948
"Here I am," she cried
20th century?
Black ink over graphite, on card.
6 3/8 x 5 inches (162 x 128 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.2318
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Drawing is one of 11 by Robertson that appear to illustrate stories from Una Ashworth Taylor's collection of fairy tales entitled Knight Asrael and other stories, published: London : Swan Sonnenschein & Co., 1889; Robertson was a friend of both Una Taylor and her sister, Ida Taylor, whose book Joan of Arc : Soldier and Saint was published with illustrations by Robertson in 1920; it is possible that Robertson's series of drawings were intended to serve as illustrations for an unrealized later edition of Una Taylor's book.

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In pencil at lower left: The Magic Mask.

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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
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Drawing shows a young woman in a sleeveless tunic gown standing behind a door as a man speaks with a man dressed as a soldier in the doorway.

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