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Walford Graham Robertson
1866-1948
Oh, He Will Do Nothing
20th century?
Black ink over graphite, on card.
5 11/16 x 6 15/16 inches (145 x 177 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.2314
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Title from item.
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.
Inscription:
In pencil at lower left: Oh, He Will Do Nothing.
Provenance:
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary:
Drawing shows a little boy and girl in fancy dress standing in front of a hedge with a sundial in the middle ground and a bench on which reclines a young man.
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