Album of watercolors, gouaches, pen & ink sketches, and pencil sketches by various artists, and kept by Hylton Lloyd Giles

Published by [England, 1921

About this Item

Small 4to, forty-one illustrations in all, most are tipped or pasted in, others are painted or drawn on the album leaves directly. The quality of some of these illustrations is unusually high and includes one by Ernest Aris (1882-1965), the author and illustrator of some 170 children's books, including one with Beatrix Potter (long story), and another signed "E.A." (possibly Aris); other artwork by "L.A.G." aka L. A. Govey (4), i.e. the illustrator Lilian Amy Govey (1886-1974); R. J. Govey (1); Dorothy Govey (1); "W.A.G." (1); "G.H." (1); "M.C." (1); "C.M.S." (3); "C.A.S." (2), likely Clara Stacy (1), Millicent Beatrice Stacy (1); "W.A.N." (1); "M.I.C." (1); G. M. Yaldmyer (?) (1); A. Thomas (1); "C.F.J." (1); "Bert." (1); "P.H." (1); "P.S." (1); P. M. Gemma (1); "E.B.Y." (1); anonymous and/or undecipherable (12); 4 painted on celluloid, 8 are pen & ink, 3 are pencil sketches, and the balance watercolor and gouache. Two pen & ink bookplates of Hylton Llord Giles up front, one signed "L.A.G.".

Seller Inventory # 52690

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Album of watercolors, gouaches, pen & ink sketches, and pencil sketches by various artists, and kept by Hylton Lloyd Giles
• Publisher: [England
• Publication Date: 1921
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