Arts and Crafts - 17th June 2015
Lot 231
Walter Crane (1845-1915) Bellerophon Slays the Chimaera
Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £1800
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Description
Walter Crane (1845-1915)
Bellerophon Slays the Chimaera,
pen, ink and watercolour on paper from The Wonder Book of Nathaniel Hawthorne, framed
signed with artist cipher
15.5 x 10.5cm (image)
Provenance
inscribed to the reverse The Original Watercolour by Walter Crane R.W.S. which he drew for the Wonder Book of Nathaniel Hawthorne. Walter Crane gave this picture to Captain Hugh Evan-Thomas R.N when he was Captain of H.M.S Bellerophon.