English School. Illustrations to Robinson Crusoe, circa 1850's-60's, pen, ink and brown wash
English School. A series of eleven llustrations to Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, circa 1850's-1860's, eleven drawings in pen and umber ink and brown or blue-grey wash, heightened with white, on fibrous blue wove paper, inscribed in pencil with extracts from the novel and page numbers to recto or verso, sheet size average 17.2 x 25 cm (6 3/4 x 9 7/8 ins), generally in very good condition, unframed
(Qty: 11)
Provenance: Estate of Michael Jaffe (1923-1997), art historian and former director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
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English School. A series of eleven llustrations to Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, circa 1850's-1860's, eleven drawings in pen and umber ink and brown or blue-grey wash, heightened with white, on fibrous blue wove paper, inscribed in pencil with extracts from the novel and page numbers to recto or verso, sheet size average 17.2 x 25 cm (6 3/4 x 9 7/8 ins), generally in very good condition, unframed
(Qty: 11)
Provenance: Estate of Michael Jaffe (1923-1997), art historian and former director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.