[Rarebooks] FS: Original Artwork by GEORGE ALFRED WILLIAMS

[Michael John Thompson]

WILLIAMS, George Alfred (American Artist, 1875-1932).

ORIGINAL PEN AND INK DRAWING ON CARD, Depicting a 
Cloaked Wizard and Two Other Figures in a Torture 
Chamber, Signed and Dated 1905, Original Artwork. 
Pen and ink image, depicting a cloaked sorcerer 
with a long beard, magic wand and with an owl 
perched on his right shoulder overseeing a 
torture chamber or prison. Manacles are on the 
wall and there are two other persons, one in a 
swoon upon the floor, the other crouching over 
him. The image measures 32.5 x 22 cm (8.5 x 12.75 
inches), on card stock measuring 45.5 x 33.5 cm 
(18 x 13 inches). Signed in full in ink by 
Williams within the borders, dated 1905, and 
inscribed by him just below this "To my dear 
friend Harper / G.A.W.". Unframed. Margins have 
glue marks from an old matte having been removed, 
slight browning to image, tiny chips to the edges 
of the card. These defects do not affect the 
image in any way. A finely crafted and wonderfully evocative drawing.

¶ George Alfred Williams, American Artist, 
1875-1932. Exhibited at the American Watercolor 
Society annual exhibition, 1897. Early work 
appeared in 'St. Nicholas' and 'The Century 
Magazine'. As well as illustrating numerous fine 
books, he had a further exhibition at the 
American Watercolor Society in 1900, and was 
awarded a Silver Medal at the Panama Pacific 
Exhibition in 1915. A large exhibition of his 
work was held by the Detroit Institute of Arts in 1920.

$450.00 Canadian, post extra (but not much extra).


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