Folkard (Charles, 1878-1963). The Pirate Ship, pen, ink, and watercolour, depicting a crowded sailing ship flying a Jolly Roger flag, filled with ten cavorting pirate mice and imps accompanied by a frog, the vessel with newspaper hull, a tiller of spent matches, a mast of pencils and wooden cotton reel with a patched sail, and with a parrot perched on the mast, foreground with a large fish in the sea cocking a snook with his tail, signed lower left, some light spotting to sky and clouds, 23 x 18 cm (9 x 7.25 ins), mounted. Provenance: From the artist's studio and thence by descent. The entertaining picture of the pirate ship appears not to have been published. Very rare Charles Folkard art work.

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Title: The Pirate Ship (original art work by illustrator Charles Folkard)
Binding: No Binding
Edition: 1st Edition.
Condition: Very Good
Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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