British illustration.- Whistler (Rex) Celebrations at the end of South African War, pen and ink, [c. 1940].

British illustration.- Whistler (Rex) Celebrations at the end of South African War, original design for an advertisement for Rothmans, pen and brownish black ink, heightened with body white, title inscribed underneath mount, 210 x 150 mm (8 1/4 x 5 7/8 in), under glass, minor surface dirt, framed, [circa 1940-44]

Provenance:
Sale. Bonham's, Modern Pictures, 13th May 2008, [part of lot 228];

Chris Beetles Ltd., London:
Sale. Chiswick Auctions, London, 26th July 2017 [lot 51]

Literature:
Whistler & Fuller, The Work of Rex Whistler, 1960, p. 104, 650

Exhibited:
Chris Beetles Ltd., The British Art of Illustration 1870-2009, no. 207