ARTHUR RACKHAM (1867 - 1939) "Then the horse sprang up, and dragged the Lion away behind him."
Pen and ink on paper, 1900. 160x165 mm; 6¼x6½ inches. Signed and dated "A. Rackham 1900" in lower right image.
Provenance Sotheby's, London, 2017. A copy of the invoice will accompany the artwork.
Publication Illustration for the story, "The Fox and the Horse," on page 243 of The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm (London, Constable and Company, 1909). Rackham first illustrated Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm in 1900. It was revised in 1909 and 1925.
