Original Watercolor Drawing by Kate Greenaway of Three Young Girls Ice Skating Maritime Commerce History

Original Watercolor Drawing by Kate Greenaway of Three Young Girls Ice Skating Maritime Commerce HistoryGreenaway, Kate. ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR DRAWING BY KATE GREENAWAY OF THREE YOUNG GIRLS ICE SKATING. [No place]: [Publisher not identified], circa 1875. 5 3 16" x 4 1 8". Watercolor on board, mounted on another thin board with a newsprint backer. The image is of a rural scene in winter, with three little girls, all facing right, ice skating on a frozen pond or stream; the girl on the left wearing a fur lined coat and a blue bonnet, the girl in the middle

mount age-tanned and with minor spotting

The first time through

and absolutely wonderful

Crystal Palace bath house

being published on Dec

FEATURING ELEVEN HAND-COLORED WOOD ENGRAVINGS

London: Raphael Tuck & Sons

Other than the stray thumb marks

London: Edward Moxon & Co

Staple bound color pictorial glazed linen wrappers with minor fading along spine and upper edge of front wrapper and a minute bump and slight crease to lower fore edge corner for what is still a beautiful copy of the book

AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE

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