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244 ● THOMAS RAY. How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
Pencil on paper. 255x305 mm; 10x12 inches. Signed in pencil in full lower right. Not
examined out of frame. Circa 1966. [1,000/1,500]
Original illustration from the 1966 animated television production of Dr. Seuss’s children’s
classic with Boris Karloff as the voice of the Grinch.Thomas Ray was a member of the animation
team under the direction of Chuck Jones. Depicts the final triumphant banquet scene.
245 ● HARRIET ROOSEVELT RICHARDS. The Bench in the Tree Stump.
Pen and ink and pencil. 365x350mm; 141/4x12 inches. Circa 1895. [300/400]
Richards was a well knowAmerican children’s book illustrator, her work appearing in Helen Hunt Jackson’s
Nelly’s Silver Mine, Jane Abbot’s Highacres, and Louisa May Alcott’s Jack and Jill, among others.
246 ● W. HEATH ROBINSON.
Epistemon. Ch. LXIII. Book IV.
Pen and ink and brush drawing on
illustration board for The Works of Mr.
Francis Rabelais. 560x395 mm; 22x151/2
inches. Signed upper right. Loose pencil
and ink sketch of Death on verso.
London: Grant Richard, 1900.
[800/1,200]
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