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Walter Crane
1845-1915
"The Remarkable Rocket"
1880s
Brush and black wash, over graphite, on wove paper.
sheet: 11 1/4 x 8 3/4 inches (286 x 222 mm); design area: 8 3/8 x 8 3/4 inches (212 x 171 mm)
Gift of Patrick J. Ferry.
1980.1
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Watermark: none.
Preparatory design for Oscar Wilde, "The Happy Prince and Other Tales", London, David Nutt, 1888, pl. opp. 98.
Provenance:
G.F. Sims, Berkshire, England; Mr. Patrick J. Ferry, New York.
Associated names:
Sims, G. F., former owner.
Ferry, Patrick J., former owner.
Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900. Happy prince and other tales.
Bibliography:
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Nineteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978-1980. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981, p. 185.
Catalogue 40, G.F. Sims, Hurst near Reading, Berkshire, England, 1959, no. 156.
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