Walter Crane
1845-1915
"The Remarkable Rocket"
1880s
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)
Brush and black wash, over graphite, on wove paper.
1980.1
Gift of Patrick J. Ferry.
Notes
Watermark: none.
Preparatory design for Oscar Wilde, "The Happy Prince and Other Tales", London, David Nutt, 1888, pl. opp. 98.
Preparatory design for Oscar Wilde, "The Happy Prince and Other Tales", London, David Nutt, 1888, pl. opp. 98.
Associated names
Sims, G. F., former owner.
Ferry, Patrick J., former owner.
Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900. Happy prince and other tales.
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.
Catalogue 40, G.F. Sims, Hurst near Reading, Berkshire, England, 1959, no. 156.
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