“His Royal back he'd stoop to chase a rolling hoop Or do the game of leap frog with the wildest of the group

by Palmer Cox

$1,600 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller · No longer available

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Pencil and gouache on board, signed Palmer Cox lower left . 11-1/2 x 6 in. Near fine. Provenance: M.B. Goldstone. Item #245847 An interesting example of original artwork Cox 1840-1912 appears to have completed for St Nicholas Illustrated Magazine for Girls and Boys, May 1881. The story is titled The King and the Clown, and captioned in pencil: His Royal back he'd stoop / to chase a rolling hoop / Or do the game of leap frog

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