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Lot 589: A Pair of Hand-Coloured Ink and Wash Prints after Randolph Caldecott

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A pair of framed and glazed hand-coloured prints executed in an ink-and-wash style, based on illustrations by Randolph Caldecott. The works depict anthropomorphic nursery rhyme scenes: one illustrates a frog in a blue frock coat and a mouse in a red tailcoat seated at a dining table with a lady mouse, while the other shows the frog presenting a bouquet of flowers to a lady frog. Both prints are initialled R.C. in the lower right corner of the image area. The works are presented in contemporary matching light oak-effect wooden frames with wide salmon-red mounts. The illustrations are rendered with fine line work and a delicate wash palette characteristic of late 19th-century children’s literature.