illustration
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Verdi – in an amazing frock coat.
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June (Cricket) from ‘An Almanac of 12 Sports’, Sir William Nicholson
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K is for Keeper, 1898 from ‘An Alphabet’ by Sir William Nicholson
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A was an Artist, Sir William Nicholson, 1898. From ‘An Alphabet’, it shows William Nicholson as a pavement artist. I love this because it’s darkly funny as it reminds me of leaving art school and the reality I faced, hence why I have it on the wall since I ‘was’ an artist too.
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the tail of a large sea-gull
Very nice, reminds me of William Nicholson’s work as the Beggarstaff Brothers – a postcard of which sits on my wall. Talking of which….
… But he fortunately saved his life by laying hold of the tail of a large sea-gull…
Wiliam Strang, from The surprising adventures of Baron Munchausen, by Rudolf Erich Raspe, London, 1895.
(Source: archive.org)