Author: Reed, Philip G. (1908-1989). Illinois-born illustrator and founder in 1930 of the Broadside Press.
Title: Superb Color Woodcut Caricature of Tony Weller, a Large Pipe-Smoking Black Clad Coachman Who Is the Father of Sam Weller in the Pickwick Papers.
Description: Park Ridge, Illinois: Philip G. Reed, 1936. 1936. - A superb 11 inch high by 7-3/4 inch wide color woodcut on a 21-1/4 inch high by 15-3/4 inch wide sheet of fine creamy paper. The image depicts Tony Weller, the father of Sam Weller who works for Mr. Pickwick in Dicken's "Pickwick Papers". A large fat man, Tony Weller is a coachman here attired in 18th or early 19th century garb, with a long open black coat exposing a wool scarf over a checkered shirt and tight pants over which are drawn black turned-down boots. A black hat adorns his jolly-looking coachman's head and a thin long-stemmed pipe with a diminutive bowl nearly disappears in his extended large beefy hand. The image is very much reminiscent of 19th-century caricature. Signed and dated in pencil by the artist under the image at right: "Philip Reed 1936". Brown paper tape is mounted from the verso along the top edge of the print and there is a tiny tear to the left edge near the top, all of which can be easily matted out. A very attractive broadside print. Very good .
Keywords: ART; ILLUSTRATED; FINE PRESS; COLOR WOODCUT PRINT; ORIGINAL; FINE PRESS; SMALL PRESS; PHILIP REED; BROADSIDE; PRESS; ILLUSTRATION; CARICATURE; PIPE; FAT MAN; BLACK COAT; SIGNED; AUTOGRAPH; SIGNATURE.
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Title: Superb Color Woodcut Caricature of Tony Weller, a Large Pipe-Smoking Black Clad Coachman Who Is the Father of Sam Weller in the Pickwick Papers.
Description: Park Ridge, Illinois: Philip G. Reed, 1936. 1936. - A superb 11 inch high by 7-3/4 inch wide color woodcut on a 21-1/4 inch high by 15-3/4 inch wide sheet of fine creamy paper. The image depicts Tony Weller, the father of Sam Weller who works for Mr. Pickwick in Dicken's "Pickwick Papers". A large fat man, Tony Weller is a coachman here attired in 18th or early 19th century garb, with a long open black coat exposing a wool scarf over a checkered shirt and tight pants over which are drawn black turned-down boots. A black hat adorns his jolly-looking coachman's head and a thin long-stemmed pipe with a diminutive bowl nearly disappears in his extended large beefy hand. The image is very much reminiscent of 19th-century caricature. Signed and dated in pencil by the artist under the image at right: "Philip Reed 1936". Brown paper tape is mounted from the verso along the top edge of the print and there is a tiny tear to the left edge near the top, all of which can be easily matted out. A very attractive broadside print. Very good .
Keywords: ART; ILLUSTRATED; FINE PRESS; COLOR WOODCUT PRINT; ORIGINAL; FINE PRESS; SMALL PRESS; PHILIP REED; BROADSIDE; PRESS; ILLUSTRATION; CARICATURE; PIPE; FAT MAN; BLACK COAT; SIGNED; AUTOGRAPH; SIGNATURE.
Price: US$ 50.00 Seller: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
- Book number: 26620
- Book number: 26620
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