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Sketch for illustration to Poe

Drawing
ca.1935 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

General Description: "In less than half a minute the whole eight were burning fiercely". Preliminary sketch for an illustration to Edgar Allan Poe's Tales of Mystery and Imagination, c.1935.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleSketch for illustration to Poe
Materials and techniques
Pencil, pen and ink
Brief description
Drawing, pencil, pen and ink, Arthur Rackham
Physical description
General Description: "In less than half a minute the whole eight were burning fiercely". Preliminary sketch for an illustration to Edgar Allan Poe's Tales of Mystery and Imagination, c.1935.
Dimensions
  • Irregular height: 28.1cm
  • Irregular width: 22cm
28.1 x 22 cm (irregular)
Object history
Item Provenance: Provenance: Mrs Barbara Edwards, the artist's daughter

Notes: Edgar Allan Poe's Tales of Mystery and Imagination illustrated by Rackham was published by Harrap in 1935. The final design, which is more complete and differs in detail, is in the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center Art Collection, University of Texas in Austin (illus. James Hamilton, Arthur Rackham: A Life With Illustration, London, 1990, p.154)
Collection
Accession number
E.2988-1990

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Record createdFebruary 23, 2009
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