LOT DETAILS

Materials:

pencil, watercolor and bodycolor, heightened with gum arabic on paper

Measurements:

13.50 in. (34.30 cm.) (height) by 10.63 in. (27.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

inscribed 'The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad the Sailor.' (lower left, in the margin) and further inscribed '-one of the largest of them put his trunk round the root of/ the tree, and pulled so strong that he plucked it up/ and threw it on the ground;-' (lower right, in the margin)

Provenance:

Mrs N.E.M. Joy (sister of the artist); Christie's, London, 25 April 1978, lot 222.