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RACKHAM, Arthur (1867-1939). "Peter Pan," original watercolor and pen and ink drawing, signed ("ARackham 12") lower left, 1912.
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RACKHAM, Arthur (1867-1939). "Peter Pan," original watercolor and pen and ink drawing, signed ("ARackham 12") lower left, 1912.
A large portrait of the infant Peter Pan, stranded on a branch in Kensington Gardens. In this early Peter Pan story, Peter is just a baby, who "like all infants" used to be part bird. He escapes domesticity for the gardens but in this portrait he has not yet been taught to fly. This image was used as a headpiece for chapter 2 of Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, entitled "Peter Pan." It begins, "If you ask your mother whether she knew about Peter Pan when she was a little girl, she will say, 'Why, of course I did, child.'" Published: BARRIE, J.M. (1860-1937). Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. From The Little White Bird. London: Hodder & Stoughton, [1912], black and white illustration on p. 19 (reduced).
265 x 370mm, watercolor and pen and ink on illustration board (some toning and spotting), pencil notes on verso. Matted, framed and glazed. Provenance: J S Maas & Son, London (gallery label to frame verso).
A large portrait of the infant Peter Pan, stranded on a branch in Kensington Gardens. In this early Peter Pan story, Peter is just a baby, who "like all infants" used to be part bird. He escapes domesticity for the gardens but in this portrait he has not yet been taught to fly. This image was used as a headpiece for chapter 2 of Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, entitled "Peter Pan." It begins, "If you ask your mother whether she knew about Peter Pan when she was a little girl, she will say, 'Why, of course I did, child.'" Published: BARRIE, J.M. (1860-1937). Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. From The Little White Bird. London: Hodder & Stoughton, [1912], black and white illustration on p. 19 (reduced).
265 x 370mm, watercolor and pen and ink on illustration board (some toning and spotting), pencil notes on verso. Matted, framed and glazed. Provenance: J S Maas & Son, London (gallery label to frame verso).