The Fantasy World of Arthur Rackham: Rare Original Illustrations from the Collection of Shirley Carter Burden
Sotheby’s is pleased to offer the Shirley Carter Burden collection of thirty-four original works by Arthur Rackham, the greatest book illustrator of his day, and a pioneer of fantasy art. The drawings illustrate such works as The Tempest, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, and many others. The characterful drawings are replete with fairies, witches, dragons, anthropomorphic animals, and many other figments of the artist’s imagination. The collection is further distinguished by containing the complete suite of coloured illustrations for The Vicar of Wakefield.
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