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ILLUSTRATION ART – WILLIAM HEATH ROBINSON. 
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William Heath Robinson (1872-1944): The Fairy. Pen and ink drawing over pencil on paper, (before) 1914. Monogrammed upper left: "W.H.R.". Mounted under passepartout. 37 x 33,5 cm (sheet).
Probably a preparatory study for the book cover of the 1914 illustrated edition of William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, published by Constable & Co., London (or an alternative design which hasn't been realized). – William Heath Robinson was an English cartoonist, illustrator and artist, best known for drawings of whimsically elaborate machines to achieve simple objectives. His early career involved illustrating books, among others: Hans Christian Andersen's Danish Fairy Tales and Legends (1897), The Arabian Nights (1899), Tales from Shakespeare (1902), Gargantua and Pantagruel (1904), Twelfth Night (1908), Andersen's Fairy Tales (1913), Charles Kingsley's The Water-Babies (1915) and Walter de la Mare's Peacock Pie (1916). Robinson was one of the leading illustrators selected by Percy Bradshaw for inclusion in his The Art of the Illustrator (1917–1918) which presented a separate portfolio for each of twenty illustrators. – Some browning to verso and light toning to recto. Else fine. – Provenance: Switzerland, through the trade.
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