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FREDERICK RICHARDSON (1862-1937) "Rapunzel let down her plaits and the witch climbed up." Illustration facing page 296 of "Rapunzel" published in Andrew Lang's The Red Fairy Book (Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company, 1930). Pen, ink, and wash on paper. 343x230 mm; 13 1/2x9 inches, on 14 1/2x11 1/2-inch sheet. Initialed "FR" in lower right image. Hinged to board with matte and archivally framed. A photocopy of the story with a printed color plate taken from the book accompany the lot.
Provenance: Acquired by current owner from Jo Ann Reisler, Ltd., January 2005.
The published reproduction of the illustration was printed in full-color.
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