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Scrooge: four background illustrations for the opening titles with credit overlays, by Ronald Searle, 1969/70,
24 June 2015, 12:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £687.50 inc. premium
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Scrooge: four background illustrations for the opening titles with credit overlays, by Ronald Searle,
1969/70,
lithographic outlines extensively hand worked in watercolour, gouache, pencil and pen and ink on board, depicting: Ebenezer Scrooge purchasing the prize turkey on Christmas Day, Scrooge moving down a busy street with the turkey on a sled, a busy market scene and a street scene, one with artist studio stamp on reverse, the background illustrations 8 ⅝ x 19 ¾ inches (22 x 50cm); the two turkey scenes and market scene with credit overlays, gouache on celluloid, with scene references 16, 16A, 23, 6 and 7, these three scenes used in the titles, the street scene was produced for the titles but is unseen, 19.5 x 23 ¼ inches (49.5 x 59cm) overall
lithographic outlines extensively hand worked in watercolour, gouache, pencil and pen and ink on board, depicting: Ebenezer Scrooge purchasing the prize turkey on Christmas Day, Scrooge moving down a busy street with the turkey on a sled, a busy market scene and a street scene, one with artist studio stamp on reverse, the background illustrations 8 ⅝ x 19 ¾ inches (22 x 50cm); the two turkey scenes and market scene with credit overlays, gouache on celluloid, with scene references 16, 16A, 23, 6 and 7, these three scenes used in the titles, the street scene was produced for the titles but is unseen, 19.5 x 23 ¼ inches (49.5 x 59cm) overall



















