![[Legends of Lough Ouel by the Late John L'Estrange] Geoffry the Diver.](jpegs/62675.jpg)
[Legends of Lough Ouel by the Late John L'Estrange] Geoffry the Diver.
J. Leech.
[London: Douglas Jerrold, 1845.]
Etching with hand-colouring. Sheet 270 x 180mm (10½ x 7"). Mounted in original album paper.
A naked man retrieves a brass cup from a castle submerged in a lake, narrowly avoiding a water monster. A bizarre illustration which accompanied one of the 'Legends of Lough Ouel by the Late John L'Estrange' in Vol II of 'The Illuminated Magazine'. The artist, prolific Victorian book-illustrator John Leech (1817-64), is best-known for his work with Dickens.
The full story is available on Google Books.
[Ref: 62675] £130.00
[London: Douglas Jerrold, 1845.]
Etching with hand-colouring. Sheet 270 x 180mm (10½ x 7"). Mounted in original album paper.
A naked man retrieves a brass cup from a castle submerged in a lake, narrowly avoiding a water monster. A bizarre illustration which accompanied one of the 'Legends of Lough Ouel by the Late John L'Estrange' in Vol II of 'The Illuminated Magazine'. The artist, prolific Victorian book-illustrator John Leech (1817-64), is best-known for his work with Dickens.
The full story is available on Google Books.
[Ref: 62675] £130.00