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JAN BRETT.
Annie and theWild Animals.
Double-page illustration for the book of the same title, New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons,
1985. Watercolor, color pencil and ink. 225x390mm; 9x15 inches. Signed and dated “Jan
Brett © 1985,” lower right within border. Matted and framed.
[1,500/2,500]
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LEONARD LESLIE BROOKE.
“He began to kick and scratch till the poor
cow was nearly mad.” Watercolor and ink. 245x190 mm; 9
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4
x7
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2
inches. Illustration for
TomThumb, London: FrederickWarne, 1904. Initialed lower left corner.
[1,200/1,500]
Best known for his classic Johnny Crow’s Garden, L. Leslie Brooke was also an important British
illustrator of nursery rhymes and fairy tales including The Golden Goose. He was the one who con-
vinced his publishers FrederickWarne & Co. to issue The Tale of Peter Rabbit by the then unknown
Beatrix Potter in 1902. Includes a proof hand-colored by Brooke with slight variations from the fin-
ished watercolor.
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