May 07, 2014 - Sale 2349

Sale 2349 - Lot 159

Unsold
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 5,000
ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR SHEPARD, ERNEST H. Punch Almanack cover for 1937. Gouache and watercolor on illustration board. 450x365 mm; 17 3/4x 14 3/8 inches, board. signed in red watercolor, lower left; additionally signed with his long meadow address in blue crayon, verso. Guildford, London, 1937

Additional Details

A delightful, bold, and colorful image of a jaunty Punch in a Harlequin costume with his dog Toby in the transformation scene of a traditional English Christmas pantomime.