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JAMES GUILFORD (JIMMY)
SWINNERTON.
Self-Portrait.
Pen and ink on small calling card. 62x100
mm; 2
1
/
2
x4 inches. Signed. Circa 1900.
[250/350]
Creator of the Little Jimmy and Little Tiger
comic strips, Swinnerton later, in the 1930s,
drew Canyon Kiddies for Good
Housekeeping Magazine and was employed
as an animator for Warner Brothers Studio.
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DIANA THORNE.
Forlorn cat with empty bowl.
Charcoal. Illustration for an unidentified publication. 190x240 mm; 7
1
/
2
x9
1
/
2
inches. Signed
in full in pencil under the cat. Nd.
[400/600]
Russian-born Jewish artist Diana Thorne became one of the leading American artists of
canines. She was a prolific contributor to the magazines and a gifted etcher of dogs. Her most
important commission was to paint Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Scottie Fala.
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DIANA THORNE.
“Whiskers.”
Graphite and color pencil. Illustration for an unidentified publication. 215x215 mm;
8
1
/
2
x8
1
/
2
inches. Signed in full in pencil to the right of the dog. Nd.
[400/600]
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