Jan 23, 2014 - Sale 2337

Sale 2337 - Lot 134

Unsold
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
EDWARD WINDSOR KEMBLE.
Group of 4 illustrations for The Century Magazine. Pen and ink. Signed. Various sizes, some matted. 1880s.

Additional Details

"'Jord er gone!'" Illustration for Maurice Thompson, "Hodson's Hide-Out," The Century Magazine, March 1885, page 684. 230x155mm; 9x6 3/4 inches. Signed lower left with title of illustration in pencil below the drawing. Drawn by Kemble the year of publication of Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885) "She toppled with a little screech." Illustration for Tudor Jenks, "A Thank-ye-Ma'am!," The Century Magazine, March 1889, page 800. 200x250mm; 7 7/8x10 1/4 inches. Signed lower right "Kemble" "A Lufamé slave-hunter." Illustration for E. J. Glave, "The Slave-Trade in the Congo Basin," The Century Magazine, April 1890, page 831. 200x110mm; 8x4 3/8 inches. Signed lower right "Kemble." Matted "The Promoter." Illustration for The Century Magazine. 112x72mm; 4 1/2x2 7/8 inches. Signed "K" in ink; title in pencil below the drawing. Matted. It is indicated in pencil that this drawing of an African-American was to be used as an initial.