Original drawing from Littledom Castle Self-Portrait

by Arthur Rackham

$4,500 · Offered by John Windle Antiquarian

Signed

1901. Original pen and ink drawing, 13.5 x 8.5 inches, signed and dated 1901 by Rackham, light foxing in the top inch of the image, otherwise very good; matted and framed. § Original drawing of a giant man holding a candlestick for a tiny knight; the larger man is in fact a self-portrait by Rackham. The illustration first appeared in Little Folks Magazine in 1902 for Littledom Castle by M. H. Spielman, and was later printed in book form in 1903. The drawing is

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