Frogs and Snakes Original artwork

by Kate Greenaway

$5,500 · Offered by Whitmore Rare Books

First edition

London: 1870. First edition. Original watercolor 8 x 9 in. , sympathetically matted and framed. One of six watercolor designs for Diamonds and Toads Frederick Warne & Co., 1871 , a children’s toy book in the Aunt Louisa’s Toy Books series. This fantastically vivid and full watercolor drawing from early in Greenaway’s career depicts a young woman holding in her right hand a large tankard and

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