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SHAW (GEORGE BERNARD) Photographic portrait on textured paper by Howard Coster, head and shoulders looking to the left, signed and inscribed on the mount ("To Mary Lawton/G. Bernard Shaw 13/11/36") and on the image ("G. Bernard Shaw"), [probably 1940]; and a photographic portrait of H.G. Wells, c.1940 image 1
SHAW (GEORGE BERNARD) Photographic portrait on textured paper by Howard Coster, head and shoulders looking to the left, signed and inscribed on the mount ("To Mary Lawton/G. Bernard Shaw 13/11/36") and on the image ("G. Bernard Shaw"), [probably 1940]; and a photographic portrait of H.G. Wells, c.1940 image 2
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SHAW (GEORGE BERNARD)
Photographic portrait on textured paper by Howard Coster, head and shoulders looking to the left, signed and inscribed on the mount ("To Mary Lawton/G. Bernard Shaw 13/11/36") and on the image ("G. Bernard Shaw"), [probably 1940]; and a photographic portrait of H.G. Wells, c.1940

15 June 2016, 14:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

£1,000 - £1,500

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SHAW (GEORGE BERNARD)

Photographic portrait on textured paper by Howard Coster, head and shoulders looking to the left, signed and inscribed on the mount ("To Mary Lawton/G. Bernard Shaw 13/11/36") and on the image ("G. Bernard Shaw"), also signed by the photographer on the mount, framed, image 295 x 205mm., overall 425 x 325mm.; with a photographic portrait of H. G. Wells wearing a bow tie, by Blackstone Studios, New York, framed, image 232 x 188mm., overall 385 x 335mm., [probably 1940]

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