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Raymond Sheppard:
The Great Flight, 1952
Mounted (ref: 2110)

Pen and ink over gouache on paper, 5 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. (14 x 11.5 cm.)

Tags: Raymond Sheppard gouache ink pen and ink illustration sport Sporting Greats

Provenance: The Artist's Estate; Private collection

Litterature: Raymond Sheppard, Master Illustrator, Liss Fine Art, November 2010, Cat.84

 Literature:Lilliput, January/February 1952, vol30:1, issue 176, p. 73 (reproduced) This illustration appeared in Lilliput vol 30, to illustrate The great flight by BB (Dudley J. Watkins-Pitchford, the British children's and nature writer). The published version substituted turquoise for the orange of the original version.