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Auction archive: Lot number 326

DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870) - [CLARKE, Joseph Clayton (1856-1937)] "KYD"; illustrator. - "Representatives of the Law (Ranging from the Bench to the Broker's man), extracted from the Works of Dickens, and portrayed by 'Kyd' in a seies of 48 Character...

Estimate
£5,000 - £7,500
ca. US$10,110 - US$15,165
Price realised:
£4,600
ca. US$9,301
Auction archive: Lot number 326

DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870) - [CLARKE, Joseph Clayton (1856-1937)] "KYD"; illustrator. - "Representatives of the Law (Ranging from the Bench to the Broker's man), extracted from the Works of Dickens, and portrayed by 'Kyd' in a seies of 48 Character...

Estimate
£5,000 - £7,500
ca. US$10,110 - US$15,165
Price realised:
£4,600
ca. US$9,301
Beschreibung:

"Representatives of the Law (Ranging from the Bench to the Broker's man), extracted from the Works of Dickens, and portrayed by 'Kyd' in a seies of 48 Character Studies drawn in colours".
London: 1880. 50 unbound sheets (each 10 9/16 x 7 7/8 inches; 268 x 196mm.), comprised of 1ll.. manuscript calligraphic title within an orange border with a be-wigged head at the top; 1ll. calligraphic list of plates within a green border; 48 original watercolors, each within a fine line border enclosing a 7 x 4 ½inches (178 x 115mm.) panel with text giving the character's name and the book in which they appear, all signed "Kyd". Unbound within a burgundy watered silk chemise, all within a red morocco pull-off case, lettered in gilt on the spine. dickens and the law: a spectacular series of images and an unusually large collection of “kyd’s” superb original watercolors: capturing with the brush what disckens had described with the pen. Joseph Clayton Clarke who worked under the pseudonym of "Kyd" was the greatest of the illustrators who specialised in producing images for inclusion in extra-illustrated examples of Dickens work. Kyd concentrated on images of individual characters (as here) and seldom (if ever) illustrated scenes from the stories. His work was much admired during his lifetime and a suite of his characterizations (The Characters of Charles Dickens were published in 1889.

Auction archive: Lot number 326
Auction:
Datum:
12 Dec 2007
Auction house:
Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions
16-17 Pall Mall
St James’s
London, SW1Y 5LU
United Kingdom
info@dreweatts.com
+44 (0)20 78398880
Beschreibung:

"Representatives of the Law (Ranging from the Bench to the Broker's man), extracted from the Works of Dickens, and portrayed by 'Kyd' in a seies of 48 Character Studies drawn in colours".
London: 1880. 50 unbound sheets (each 10 9/16 x 7 7/8 inches; 268 x 196mm.), comprised of 1ll.. manuscript calligraphic title within an orange border with a be-wigged head at the top; 1ll. calligraphic list of plates within a green border; 48 original watercolors, each within a fine line border enclosing a 7 x 4 ½inches (178 x 115mm.) panel with text giving the character's name and the book in which they appear, all signed "Kyd". Unbound within a burgundy watered silk chemise, all within a red morocco pull-off case, lettered in gilt on the spine. dickens and the law: a spectacular series of images and an unusually large collection of “kyd’s” superb original watercolors: capturing with the brush what disckens had described with the pen. Joseph Clayton Clarke who worked under the pseudonym of "Kyd" was the greatest of the illustrators who specialised in producing images for inclusion in extra-illustrated examples of Dickens work. Kyd concentrated on images of individual characters (as here) and seldom (if ever) illustrated scenes from the stories. His work was much admired during his lifetime and a suite of his characterizations (The Characters of Charles Dickens were published in 1889.

Auction archive: Lot number 326
Auction:
Datum:
12 Dec 2007
Auction house:
Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions
16-17 Pall Mall
St James’s
London, SW1Y 5LU
United Kingdom
info@dreweatts.com
+44 (0)20 78398880
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