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Walford Graham Robertson
1866-1948
"He started to his feet and stood sniffing the air"
1910?
Black ink over graphite, on card.
8 7/16 x 6 1/4 inches (214 x 159 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.2331
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Title from item.
An unpublished design for an illustration for the short story "The Wendigo" by Algernon Blackwood, published in his collection entitled The lost valley and other stories (London : Eveleigh Nash, 1910).
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In pencil below drawing, "He started to his feet and stood sniffing the air"; at bottom right, "An Unpublished Drawing".
Provenance:
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary:
Drawing shows two men beside a campfire in the woods at night; one stands alertly in the firelight at left, craning his neck forward as his companion sits in the foreground at right.
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