MITFORD, Mary Russell.

£975 · Offered by Peter Harrington · No longer available

Mending by Master Keep himself. The original illustration, signed by the artist, for one of the scenes in Mary Russell Mitford's "Our Village", which comprised a series of sketches of country life. Brock's illustrations form part of the "Series of English Idylls" published by J. M. Dent & Co. The scene depicted shows two village boys having their cricket ball mended by the shoemaker.

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