[Jessie M. King]
The Little Mermaid, circa 1902
161 x 212mm. (frame 332 x 408mm.), pencil and ink on vellum, framed and glazed
An enchanting original drawing by the Scottish illustrator Jessie Marion King (1875-1949), a contemporary of Annie French (see lots 291 and 292) at the Glasgow School or Art, whose style was influenced by Charles Rennie Mackintosh Aubrey Beardsley, and Edward Burne-Jones King's artistic output comprised some "300 design projects in sixty years, ranging from art books to advertising cards. Her preferred medium was pen and ink, with watercolour, on vellum, and favourite motifs included ships with billowing sails, fairy maidens with billowing skirts, and intricate skeins of petals or birds composed of tiny dots, like a dew-drenched spider's web" (ODNB).
For more illustrations by Jessie M. King, see lot 202.
PROVENANCE:from the collection of the late Colin White
LITERATURE:"King, Jessie Marion", ODNB
[Jessie M. King]
The Little Mermaid, circa 1902
161 x 212mm. (frame 332 x 408mm.), pencil and ink on vellum, framed and glazed
An enchanting original drawing by the Scottish illustrator Jessie Marion King (1875-1949), a contemporary of Annie French (see lots 291 and 292) at the Glasgow School or Art, whose style was influenced by Charles Rennie Mackintosh Aubrey Beardsley, and Edward Burne-Jones King's artistic output comprised some "300 design projects in sixty years, ranging from art books to advertising cards. Her preferred medium was pen and ink, with watercolour, on vellum, and favourite motifs included ships with billowing sails, fairy maidens with billowing skirts, and intricate skeins of petals or birds composed of tiny dots, like a dew-drenched spider's web" (ODNB).
For more illustrations by Jessie M. King, see lot 202.
PROVENANCE:from the collection of the late Colin White
LITERATURE:"King, Jessie Marion", ODNB
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