Reginald Bathurst Birch Nymph Gnome Elf with Rabbits Original Illustration Cartoon Pen and Ink Drawing

Description: Reginald Bathurst Birch Nymph Gnome Elf with Rabbits Editorial Original Political Illustration Cartoon Pen and Ink Drawing

Reginald Bathurst Birch (1856 -1943): English-American artist and illustrator best known for his depiction of the titular hero of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s 1886 novel Little Lord Fauntleroy.

This charming illustration of the gnome with the rabbits may possibly have been done for publication.
Please see our our next lot also illustrated by Reginald Bathurst Birch.

Winning bidder will receive a Certificate of Authenticity with the drawing.

Approx. Dimensions or Size: 8 by 6 inches overall

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Estimated Weight of Package: 7 lbs.

Package size: 26 x 26 x 2

Cons./Inv. Code: The present lot is inventory number 555 in the Charles L. Howard Collection, one of two hundred lots that will be continuously added to this online catalogue on a daily basis between today and the day of sale. The first 100 to 125 lots will be Important Original Illustration Art and the second 100 to 125 lots are comprised of Original Railroad Art. Please check our listings regularly during the coming days for many exciting discoveries.
Low & High Ests: 1200 1500 Starting Bid: 100

NOTE: Bent lower left corner with crease. The state of preservation of these original illustration drawings that are on average over 65 years old is quite exceptional. Very, very few have any creases, tears or losses to the paper and the ink has remained uniformly vivid thanks to the family’s dry flat storage. Given that these were working drawings from which prints were made the expected edge annotations, highlightings, inscriptions, pasted labels, tack holes, staples, glue residues and scattered corrections can be found variously on the examples as illustrated in the photographs. These all add to the authenticity and immediacy of the Wartime newsroom and pressroom atmosphere, serving to reinforce the iconic status of these rare surviving testimonies to the political illustrator’s art. In a few examples additional notations have been made in the description section of the catalogue text for significant damage, however the condition sensitive collector is encouraged to contact our sale expert for additional lot details in advance of the auction date.