Dec 17, 2014 - Sale 2371

Sale 2371 - Lot 204

Price Realized: $ 500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
PETER NEWELL (1862-1924) TOPSYS & TURVYS. Circa 1893.
10x14 inches, 25 1/2x36 1/2 cm. Armstrong & Co. Lith., Boston.
Condition A: unobtrusive crease in lower left corner; pencil notations in bottom margin. Paper.
Newell was a popular author and illustrator who is best known for his tomes of juvenile optical illusions containing whimsical illustrations which could be viewed either right side up or upside down. This same image was used on the book cover.