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RACKHAM (ARTHUR) "The Woman of the Village", from "Rip Van Winkle", 1904
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RACKHAM (ARTHUR)
Footnotes
The original illustration used as plate 13 of Washington Irvine's Rip van Winkle, captioned 'The women of the village used to employ him to do such little jobs as their less obliging husbands would not do for them'. Published in 1905, Rip Van Winkle was "the first work that greatly advanced [Rackham's] fame... this lovely book decisively established Rackham as the leading decorative illustrator of the Edwardian period... One does not know which to admire most - the superb artistry of his landscape, the poetry of the scenes of Rip by the riverside, the charm of his children and fairies..." (Derek Hudson, Arthur Rackham. His Life and Work, 1960).
Provenance: Robert Dunthorne/The Rembrandt Gallery, London, exhibition label, [before 1932]; given as a wedding present on 8th September 1934 to the grandparents of the present owner.





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