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Walford Graham Robertson
1866-1948
"Lo, Shagpat!"
20th century?
Black ink over graphite, on card.
9 5/8 x 8 1/8 inches (245 x 205 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.2345
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Title from item.
Unfinished drawing for a tailpiece illustration evidently intended for an unidentified edition of George Meredith's The shaving of Shagpat.
Inscription:
In pencil at foot: "Lo, Shagpat!" (unfinished.) Tail piece; on verso: W. Graham Robertson 23 Rutland Gate 3w.
Provenance:
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary:
Circular design with a man with long flowing beard and hair, accompanied by a boy in a turban and another child wearing a wreath of flowers.
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