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EDWARDWINDSOR KEMBLE.
Group of 4 illustrations for The Century Magazine. Pen and ink. Signed.Various sizes, some
matted. 1880s.
[1,000/1,500]
“
’Jord er gone!’” Illustration for Maurice Thompson, “Hodson’s Hide-Out,”The Century Magazine,
March 1885, page 684. 230x155mm; 9x6
3
/
4
inches. Signed lower left with title of illustration in
pencil below the drawing. Drawn by Kemble the year of publication of Mark Twain’s Adventures of
Huckleberry Finn (1885) * “She toppled with a little screech.” Illustration for Tudor Jenks, “A
Thank-ye-Ma’am!,” The Century Magazine, March 1889, page 800. 200x250mm; 7
7
/
8
x10
1
/
4
inches. Signed lower right “Kemble” * “A Lufamé slave-hunter.” Illustration for E. J. Glave, “The
Slave-Trade in the Congo Basin,”The Century Magazine, April 1890, page 831. 200x110mm;
8x4
3
/
8
inches. Signed lower right “Kemble.” Matted * “The Promoter.” Illustration for The Century
Magazine. 112x72mm; 4
1
/
2
x2
7
/
8
inches. Signed “K” in ink; title in pencil below the drawing.
Matted. It is indicated in pencil that this drawing of an African-American was to be used as an initial.
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