A QUENTIN BLAKE SUMMER

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01 WIND, DOGS, KITES & EXTRA DUCKS Signed and dated 2015 Inscribed with title on reverse Pen ink and watercolour 7 1⁄2 x 9 inches

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A Biographical Chronology, with Selected and Recent Publications 1932 1937-51

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Quentin Saxby Blake was born in Sidcup, Kent, England.

Attended a local primary school and Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School.

First drawings were accepted by Punch.

National Service in the Royal Army Educational Corps.

Read English Literature at Downing College, Cambridge as a student of F R Leavis.

Awarded Postgraduate Certificate in Education by the Institute of Education of London University.

Studied as a part-time student at Chelsea College of Art & Design, under the guidance of Brian Robb.

Became an illustrator and cover artist for Punch and The Spectator, and produced book jackets for Penguin Books.

Published his first illustrated children’s book: John Yeoman’s A Drink of Water (Faber & Faber).

Appointed part-time tutor in the Illustration Department of the Royal College of Art. Patrick (Jonathan Cape), the first book of which he was author and illustrator.

Four exhibitions at Mel Calman’s Workshop Gallery: ‘Invitation to the Dance’, ‘Runners and Riders’, ‘Creature Comforts’ and ‘Water Music’.

Publication of Michael Rosen’s Mind Your Own Business (Andre Deutsch); and of Russell Hoban’s How Tom Beat Captain Najork and his Hired Sportsmen (Jonathan Cape).

First collaboration with Roald Dahl, on The Enormous Crocodile (Jonathan Cape).

Appointed Head of the Illustration Department of the Royal College of Art. Awarded the Kate Greenaway Medal for Mister Magnolia (Jonathan Cape).

Awarded the Red House Children’s Book Award for Mister Magnolia.

Appointed Royal Designer for Industry.

Publication of Roald Dahl’s BFG (Jonathan Cape).

1984 Retrospective of his work as an illustrator was mounted at The National Theatre.

1988 Appointed Senior Fellow and Visiting Professor of the Royal College of Art. Awarded OBE. 1990 Awarded the Kurt Maschler Award for All Join In (Jonathan Cape).

Bought a house in South-West France.

1991-92 Curated ‘The Box of Delights: Twenty-One British Illustrators’ for the Association of Illustrators at the Newport Museum and Art Gallery.

1993 Exhibition of Roald Dahl illustrations mounted by the Chris Beetles Gallery.

1995 The exhibition ‘Le Petit Théâtre de Quentin Blake’ travelled around France.

1995-96 Clown (Jonathan Cape) awarded the Bologna Ragazzi Prize and a Nestlé Smarties Book Prize (Bronze Award).

1996 ‘The Art of Quentin Blake’ was mounted by the Chris Beetles Gallery.

1997 Appointed Patron of The Campaign for Drawing.

1998 Awarded the Kurt Maschler Award and a Nestlé Smarties Book Prize (Bronze Award) for The Green Ship (Jonathan Cape).

1999-01 Appointed first Children’s Laureate.

2000 Publication of Words and Pictures (Jonathan Cape). It is launched at a retrospective exhibition mounted by the Chris Beetles Gallery.

2001 Curated and contributed illustrations to the exhibition, ‘Tell Me a Picture’, at the National Gallery, London.

Curated ‘A Baker’s Dozen: Thirteen contemporary children’s book illustrators’, for Bury St Edmunds Art Gallery.

Produced the children’s book, Un Bateau dans le Ciel, in collaboration with 1800 Frenchspeaking children in six countries.

It was published subsequently in 1982

English as A Sailing Boat in the Sky (Jonathan Cape, 2002).

Quentin Blake cards launched by Woodmansterne.

2002 Appointed Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (France).

Publication of Laureate’s Progress (Jonathan Cape).

Became founding trustee of a charity to establish House of Illustration.

Received the Hans Christian Andersen Award.

2002-05 Curated ‘Magic Pencil: Exhibition of present-day British children’s book illustrators’ for the British Council.

It toured to Newcastle and London, and then internationally. A facsimile version of the exhibition toured to over one hundred venues in more than thirty countries.

2003-04 The retrospective exhibition ‘Quentin Blake: Fifty Years of Illustration’, was held at The Gilbert Collection, Somerset House, London; Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen; and Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston.

2004-05 The exhibition ‘Quentin Blake at Christmas: Four aspects of his work’ was mounted by Dulwich Picture Gallery, London. In conjunction with the show, Chris Beetles Gallery held ‘Quentin Blake For Sale at the Dulwich Picture Gallery’ in November and December of 2004.

2004 Appointed Patron of the Prince of Wales charity Arts & Kids.

The exhibition ‘Quentin Blake at Nunnington Hall’, was mounted as a collaboration between the Chris Beetles Gallery and the National Trust property in the Yorkshire Dales.

Publication of Michael Rosen’s Sad Book (Walker Books).

2005 The travelling exhibition ‘In All Directions: Illustration and Transport’, with its accompanying book, was organised by the Arts Council.

Appointed CBE. Curated and contributed illustrations

to the exhibition, ‘Quentin Blake et les Demoiselles des Bords de Seine’, for the reopening of the Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux Arts de la Ville de Paris.

The exhibition ‘Roald Dahl and Quentin Blake: The Illustrations’ was mounted at the Royal National Theatre.

‘Quentin Blake: Life of Birds & Children and other Beasts!!!’ was mounted by the Chris Beetles Gallery.

2006 The exhibition ‘The Theater of the Page’ was mounted by the Eric Carle Museum, Amherst, USA. The exhibition ‘Quentin Blake and Emanuele Luzzati: Theatres of the Imagination’, was mounted at the Italian Cultural Institute, London.

Curated ‘Frabjous Beasts: Strange creatures in the work of ten contemporary artists’, mounted by the Holburne Museum, Bath.

Introduced and illustrated a new edition of Rights of the Reader by Daniel Pennac, translated from French to English by Sarah Adams, and published by Walker Books.

2006-07 Produced mural illustrations for South Kensington and Chelsea Mental Healthcare Centre; St Charles Hospital, Ladbroke Grove; Alexandra Avenue Health and Social Care Centre, Harrow; and Beatrice Place, Kensington.

2007 Appointed patron of The Nightingale Project.

The exhibition ‘Quentin Blake: A Celebration!’ was mounted by the Chris Beetles Gallery.

Vive Nos Vieux Jours! was published by Gallimard. It was published subsequently in English by the Andersen Press in 2008.

Appointed Officier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (France).

2007-08 The exhibition ‘Snozzcumbers and Frobscottle: The Roald Dahl Illustrations’ was opened at Seven Stories Centre for Children’s Books, Newcastle. It toured to The V&A Museum of Childhood in 2009.

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03 SCENT OF SUMMER Signed with initials Inscribed with title on reverse Watercolour 9 3⁄4 x 5 1⁄4 inches

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The exhibition ‘Quentin Blake in Kelvingrove’ was held at the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow.

2008 Chris Beetles mounted the exhibition, ‘Quentin Blake and Friends’ at Nunnington Hall, with work also by Michael Foreman, Peter Brookes and Emma Chichester Clark.

Shortlisted for Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award.

Publication of Michael Morpurgo and Quentin Blake (eds), The Birthday Book (Jonathan Cape), in aid of the Prince of Wales Foundation for Children and the Arts.

2009 Produced mural illustrations for the Gordon Mental Health Centre, Vincent Square, Pimlico; Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow; the maternity wing of Scarborough Hospital; and the Trousseau Children’s Hospital, Paris.

Collaborated with the House of Illustration on a programme for Teachers’ TV, Inspirations – Quentin Blake – The Power of Illustration.

28 September 2009: Unveiled his Cambridge 800 Panorama at Adenbrooke’s Hospital, in celebration of the University’s 800th anniversary.

Publication of André Bouchard, Daddy Lost His Head (Jonathan Cape).

Publication of David Walliams, Mr Stink (Harper Collins Children’s Books).

John Yeoman (reteller), Quentin Blake’s Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor (Pavilion Children’s Books).

2009-10 ‘Il Mondo di Quentin Blake’ was mounted at Museo Luzzati, Genoa, in collaboration with the House of Illustration.

2010 Publication of Angelica Sprocket’s Pockets by Jonathan Cape.

Installation of mural artworks in the public areas at the Unicorn Children’s Theatre, Southwark.

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Installation of mural illustrations for an Eating Disorders unit in Vincent Square.

Installation of mural illustrations for the maternity unit at the new university hospital in Angers.

Exhibition ‘As Large as Life’, a celebration of his works for hospitals since 2005, opens at Compton Verney and commences a two-year tour of the UK illustrated limited edition of Voltaire’s Candide for The Folio Society.

Publication of Beyond the Page, an account of his work since 2000,

by Tate Publishing.

Eleanor Farjeon award for services to Children’s Literature.

Publication of Russell Hoban’s Rosie’s Magic Horse (Walker Books).

Unveiled mural artworks at the newly-opened Rosie Birth Centre at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge.

The exhibition ‘Quentin Blake: Drawings, Etchings and Lithographs’ at Marlborough Fine Arts, London Knighted in the New Year’s Honours List for services to illustration.

Publication of a revised and updated edition of Words and Pictures, as a companion volume to the paperback edition of Beyond the Page, by Tate Publishing.

The exhibition ‘Drawn by Hand’ at The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.

Publication of John Yeoman’s The Fabulous Foskett Family Circus (Andersen Press).

Publication of Three Little Owls (English version by John Yeoman of a story by Emmanuele Luzzati) by Tate Publishing.

Publication of illustrated limited edition of Fifty Fables of La Fontaine for The Folio Society.

The exhibition ‘Nos Compagnons’ at

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Galerie Martine Gossieaux, Paris.

Unveiled an illustrated wall at St Bernard’s Hospital, London.

Appointed Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur.

‘Inside Stories’, inaugural show at the House of Illustration in London’s King’s Cross.

Exhibition ‘Artists on the Beach’ at the Jerwood Gallery, Hastings.

Publication of The Five of Us

by Tate Publishing.

Installation of wall murals in the Dragon Centre at St George’s Hospital, Tooting.

Admitted as an Honorary Freeman of the City of London.

Publication of new edition of Tell Me a Picture (Frances Lincoln Children’s Books).

The exhibition ‘Life under Water: A Hastings Celebration’ at the Jerwood Gallery, Hastings.

Installation of mural artworks in an end-of-life care room at Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital.

Publication of illustrated limited edition of The Golden Ass of Lucius Apuleius for The Folio Society.

Quentin Blake is an Honorary Doctor of Cambridge University; the Royal College of Art; University of the Arts London; London University Institute of Education; Loughboroug University; Anglia Ruskin University; the Open University; University of Northumbria; a Senior Fellow of the Royal College of Art and an Honorary Fellow of Downing College, Cambridge; the University of Brighton; t he University of Cardiff and the Royal Academy of Arts.

Jackanory Storyboards 04 SUE AND R DRAGON Signed Inscribed 'television caption to Dragon in Danger

by Rosemary Manning on Jackanory, BBC TV' on reverse Pen ink and watercolour on board 10 3⁄4 x 21 1⁄2 inches

04 & 05 are storyboards for Dragon in Danger, written

by Rosemary Manning and read by Roy Kinnear, Jackanory, BBC One Television, April 1972

05 BOGG AND SNARKINS MADE THEIR DEPARTURE Signed Pen ink and watercolour on board 12 x 24 inches

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06 THE HOME-MADE DRAGON Signed Pen ink and watercolour on board 13 x 20 1â „2 inches A storyboard for The Home-Made Dragon, written by Norman Hunter and read by Kenneth Williams, Jackanory, BBC One Television, January 1974

07 ARABEL AND HER MOTHER Signed Pen ink and watercolour on board 18 3⁄4 x 23 3⁄4 inches Probably a storyboard for 'Arabel's Raven', written

by Joan Aiken and read by Bernard Cribbins, Jackanory, BBC One Television, May 1971

08 MORTIMER HIJACKED THE COUNCIL MOWER Signed Pen ink and watercolour on board 10 1⁄2 x 24 inches A storyboard for Mortimer and the Sword Excalibur, written by Joan Aiken and read by Bernard Cribbins, Jackanory, BBC One Television, January 1979

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09-11 are storyboards for Wizards are a Nuisance, written by Norman Hunter and read by Russell Hunter, Jackanory, BBC One Television, January 1973

09 IN PURSUIT OF THE GIANT CHICKEN Signed Pen ink and watercolour on board 20 x 24 inches

10 THIS CLIFF IS DANGEROUS Signed Pen ink and watercolour on board 15 1⁄2 x 31 1⁄2 inches

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11 A GIANT OMELETTE Signed Pen ink and watercolour on board 18 x 29 3â „4 inches

10 13 THE WINDMILL ON TOP OF THE HOUSE Signed Pen ink and watercolour with bodycolour on board 26 x 21 1⁄2 inches

12 THEY TRIED TO COAX THE BIRDS Signed Pen ink and watercolour on board 17 3⁄4 x 15 inches

12-16 are all storyboards for unidentified stories for Jackanory, BBC One Television, 1970s

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14 THE BIRDS ESCAPED FROM THEIR CAGES Signed Pen ink and watercolour on board 17 1⁄2 x 19 1⁄2 inches

15 THE MAID BROUGHT ICE CREAM TO THE CHILDREN Signed Pen ink and watercolour with bodycolour on board 17 1⁄2 x 31 1⁄2 inches

16 THE BOY JUMPED IN THE AIR Signed Pen ink and watercolour on board 15 1⁄2 x 31 1⁄2 inches

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Other Early Works 17 CELEBRATING THE OWL Signed and dated 1974 Inscribed with title on reverse Pen ink and watercolour 15 x 23 inches

18 A DANCE WITH THE PARROT Signed and dated 1972 Inscribed with title on reverse Pen ink and watercolour 12 x 16 inches

19 THE BICYCLE RIDE Signed and dated 1973 Inscribed with title on reverse Pen ink and watercolour 15 1â „2 x 20 inches

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20 A MEETING WITH A FISH Signed and dated 1976 On reverse: Inscribed with title on reverse THE TRAMP Pen ink and watercolour Pencil 13 1⁄4 x 19 inches 14 x 8 1⁄2 inches

21 THE DUCK BASKET Signed and dated 1976 Inscribed with title on reverse Pen ink and watercolour 23 x 15 inches

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22 THE DUGONG, OR SEA-COW, IS ROCKED BY THE MOTION OF GENTLE WARM WAVES IN THE INDIAN OCEAN Signed Pen ink and watercolour 10 x 8 inches Preliminary drawing for Dick King-Smith, Alphabeasts, London: Victor Gollancz, 1990, page 12

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23 BLAKE'S ABC Signed Pen and ink and watercolour 13 x 9 1â „2 inches Preliminary drawing for Quentin Blake's ABC, London: Jonathan Cape, 1989, front cover

24 ALL YOU'VE EVER WANTED Signed with initials Inscribed with book title on reverse Pen and ink, 3 x 2 inches ‘All You’ve Ever Wanted’ 24-26 were all drawn for Joan Aiken, A Handful of Gold, London: Jonathan Cape, 1995

27 ON ANGEL WINGS Signed Pen ink and watercolour 11 1⁄4 x 15 inches Drawn for but not illustrated in Michael Morpurgo, On Angel Wings, London: Egmont Books, 2006

25 THREE WISHES Signed with initials Inscribed with book title on reverse Pen and ink, 3 x 2 inches ‘The Third Wish’

26 THE SWAN Signed with initials Inscribed with book title on reverse Pen and ink, 3 x 2 inches ‘The Third Wish’

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Good Causes 28-31 were drawn to promote the World Wildlife Fund's Global Annual Event, Earth Hour 30 BIRD LIFE BY THE POND (opposite left) Signed and dated 2014 Inscribed with title and 'earth hour 2014' on reverse Pen ink and watercolour 12 x 15 3⁄4 inches

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31 ALL KINDS OF POND LIFE (opposite right) Signed and dated 2014 Inscribed with title and 'unused earth hour 2014' on reverse Pen ink and watercolour 12 1⁄4 x 18 inches

28 THE REALLY RUSTIC CYCLIST Signed and dated 2014 Inscribed with title and 'unused Earth Hour' on reverse Pen ink and watercolour 11 x 14 1⁄2 inches

29 FLOWERS AND WATER CREATURES Signed and dated 2014 Inscribed with title and 'unused Earth Hour 2014' on reverse Pen ink and watercolour 11 x 10 1⁄2 inches

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32 THE GOOSE GIRL AND HER BROTHER Signed Inscribed with title and 'FFCC calendar 2016' on reverse Pen ink and watercolour 9 x 12 1â „4 inches Design for the 2016 calendar for Farms for City Children

The Dragon Centre, St George’s Hospital 33-35 are all designs for a mural for the Dragon Centre (the children's outpatients department), St George's Hospital, London, 2014 33 THE JOYS OF READING Signed Inscribed with title on reverse Pen ink and watercolour 7 3⁄4 x 13 inches 35 THE DRAGON AND THE MEDICINE Signed Inscribed with title on reverse Pen ink and watercolour 6 x 4 1⁄4 inches

20 34 THE BEAUTIFULLY BANDAGED TAIL Signed; Inscribed with title on reverse Pen ink and watercolour, 7 1⁄4 x 11 1⁄4 inches

Woodmansterne Greetings Card Designs 36-64 are all designs for greetings cards published by Woodmansterne Publications

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36 AN ACTIVE RETIREMENT Signed Inscribed with title on reverse Pen ink and watercolour 8 x 6 inches 37 A FRIEND TO THE CATS Signed Inscribed with title on reverse Pen ink and watercolour 7 x 4 inches

38 THE ALFRESCO BIRTHDAY CAKE Signed with initials Inscribed with title on reverse Pen ink and watercolour 2 x 4 inches

22 39 FLOWERS FOR MAMA Signed Inscribed with title on reverse Pen ink and watercolour 6 1⁄2 x 5 3⁄4 inches

40 THE CHILDREN & MUM HORSE Signed Inscribed with title on reverse Pen ink and watercolour 6 1⁄2 x 5 1⁄2 inches

41 THE ART OF LANDSCAPE Signed Inscribed with title on reverse Pen ink and watercolour 6 x 6 inches

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42 SWINGING ON THE BRANCH Signed Inscribed with title on reverse Pen ink and watercolour 8 x 6 inches 43 THE TYRE SWING Signed Inscribed with title on reverse Pen ink and watercolour 8 1⁄2 x 5 1⁄2 inches

44 A SUMMER HAT Signed with initials Inscribed with title on reverse Pen ink and watercolour 2 1⁄2 x 4 1⁄2 inches

45 THE SELFIE Signed Inscribed with title on reverse Pen ink and watercolour 5 1⁄2 x 5 inches

46 THE INTREPID TABLE TENNIS TEAM Signed Inscribed with title on reverse Pen ink and watercolour 7 x 5 1⁄4 inches

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47 LETTERS HOME Signed Inscribed with title on reverse Pen ink and watercolour 5 x 5 1⁄4 inches

48 A DANCE WITH THE FLOWERS Signed Inscribed with title on reverse Pen ink and watercolour 9 x 7 inches

49 A SIMPLE SHOWER Signed Inscribed with title on reverse Pen ink and watercolour 7 1â „2 x 5 inches

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50 A SUMMER DIP Signed Inscribed with title on reverse Pen ink and watercolour, 8 x 4 inches

51 A STRONG GIRL & HER DOG Signed Inscribed with title on reverse Pen ink and watercolour, 6 x 6 inches

52 EXCITED ABOUT FLOWERS Signed Inscribed with title on reverse Pen ink and watercolour, 8 x 6 inches

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53 A NICE QUIET SANDWICH IN THE HAMMOCK Signed Inscribed with title on reverse Pen ink and watercolour 6 x 6 1⁄4 inches 54 THE HIKE IN PROSPECT Signed Inscribed with title on reverse Pen ink and watercolour 6 1⁄2 x 6 1⁄2 inches 55 THE TANDEM OUTING Signed Inscribed with title on reverse Pen ink and watercolour 7 x 5 inches 56 A GIRL & HER DONKEY Signed Inscribed with title on reverse Pen ink and watercolour 7 x 6 1⁄2 inches

57 THE PARROT BRINGS A PRESENT Signed Inscribed with title on reverse Pen ink and watercolour 7 x 5 inches 58 RELAXING WITH THE PARROT Signed Inscribed with title on reverse Pen ink and watercolour 5 x 7 inches

59 THE CONTENTED GARDENER Signed Inscribed with title on reverse Pen ink and watercolour 6 x 5 inches

60 THE COUNTRYSIDE SCOOTER Signed Inscribed with title on reverse Pen ink and watercolour 5 1⁄2 x 7 1⁄2 inches

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61 MOUSE TREATS Signed Inscribed with title on reverse Pen ink and watercolour, 5 3⁄4 x 5 inches 62 MY EGG IS BIGGER THAN YOURS Signed Inscribed with title on reverse Pen ink and watercolour, 6 1⁄2 x 4 1⁄2 inches 63 CAVORTING PIGS Signed with initials Inscribed with title on reverse Pen ink and watercolour, 6 x 4 1⁄2 inches

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64 CRAZY FRIENDS Signed Inscribed with title on reverse Pen ink and watercolour, 8 3⁄4 x 6 inches

New Works

65 PARROT LOVE (above) Signed and dated 2014 Inscribed with title on reverse Pen ink and watercolour 8 3⁄4 x 11 inches

66 PARROT ENCOUNTER (below) Signed Inscribed with title on reverse Pen ink and watercolour 7 1⁄2 x 9 inches

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67 A PLANT WITH A BIRD ON IT Signed Inscribed with title on reverse Pen ink and watercolour 8 x 5 1⁄2 inches

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68 THE BIRD WITH THE FLOWER Signed and dated 2014 Inscribed with title on reverse Pen ink and oil pastel on board 37 1⁄4 x 29 1⁄2 inches

70 A SUMMER DOG Signed Inscribed with title on reverse Pen and ink 7 1⁄2 x 7 1⁄4 inches

69 FLOWERS ON ONE HAND, AND A BIRD ON THE OTHER Signed Inscribed with title on reverse Fibre tip on board 39 1⁄2 x 25 inches

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71 GIRL WITH A PINK FLOWER Signed with initials Inscribed with title on reverse Watercolour 10 3⁄4 x 7 1⁄2 inches

72 THE FLOWERY JUMPSUIT Signed with initials Inscribed with title on reverse Watercolour 7 x 10 inches 73 A FRENCH FLOWER-EATING CREATURE Signed Inscribed with title on reverse Pen and ink 7 1⁄2 x 10 3⁄4 inches

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74 DOG & BIRD Signed Inscribed with title on reverse Pen ink and watercolour 11 1⁄4 x 15 1⁄2 inches

75 HE'S GOT THE STICK Signed Inscribed with title on reverse Pen ink and watercolour 10 1⁄4 x 13 inches

76 THE DOG & THE BUTTERFLY Signed Inscribed with title on reverse Pen ink and watercolour 5 3⁄4 x 6 1⁄2 inches

77 BONES Signed Inscribed with title on reverse Pen ink and watercolour 11 1⁄2 x 15 1⁄4 inches

78 A DAY OUT ON THE MOORS Signed Inscribed with title on reverse Pen ink and watercolour 8 1⁄4 x 13 3⁄4 inches

79 A WET UMBRELLA AND A WET DOG Signed Inscribed with title on reverse Pen ink and watercolour 5 1⁄2 x 7 3⁄4 inches

80 A REAL DOWNPOUR Signed Inscribed with title on reverse Pen ink and watercolour 7 3⁄4 x 10 inches

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81 JACK O' THE GREEN 1 Signed and dated 2015 Inscribed with title on reverse Watercolour 14 x 9 inches

82 JACK O' THE GREEN 2 Signed and dated 2015 Inscribed with title on reverse Watercolour 10 3⁄4 x 15 inches

83 JACK O' THE GREEN 3 Signed and dated 2015 Inscribed with title on reverse Watercolour 11 1⁄2 x 16 3⁄4 inches

84 JACK O' THE GREEN 6 Signed Inscribed with title on reverse Watercolour 8 x 4 1⁄4 inches

85 JACK O' THE GREEN 5 (below) Signed Inscribed with title on reverse Watercolour 8 x 7 1⁄2 inches

35 86 JACK O' THE GREEN 4 (below right) Signed Inscribed with title on reverse Watercolour 7 1⁄2 x 5 1⁄2 inches

87 A SUMMER DEMON Signed and dated 2015 Inscribed with title on reverse Pen and ink 10 1⁄4 x 7 inches

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89 THE YOUNG BIRD ARTIST Signed Inscribed with title and 'dark version' on reverse Pen ink and watercolour 11 x 7 1⁄2 inches

88 THE YOUNG BIRD ARTIST Signed Inscribed with title and 'light version' on reverse Pen ink and watercolour 12 1⁄4 x 8 inches

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90 THE MATURE BIRD ARTIST Signed Inscribed with title and 'dark version' on reverse Pen ink and watercolour 10 x 6 1⁄4 inches

91 THE MATURE BIRD ARTIST Signed Inscribed with title and 'light version' on reverse Pen ink and watercolour 9 3⁄4 x 6 3⁄4 inches

92 A GOOD STIFF BREEZE Signed Inscribed with title on reverse Pen ink and watercolour 8 x 12 inches

93 THE KITE OF UNUSUAL CORPULENCE Signed Inscribed with title on reverse Pen ink and watercolour 7 1⁄2 x 11 1⁄2 inches

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94 A STRIKING RESEMBLANCE Signed Inscribed with title on reverse Pen ink and watercolour 8 x 10 inches

95 THE STERN VICTORIAN KITE Signed Inscribed with title on reverse Pen ink and watercolour 9 1⁄2 x 10 1⁄2 inches

96 A SUITABLE KITE FOR NUNS Signed Inscribed with title on reverse Pen ink and watercolour 10 x 9 inches

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97 KITE-SURFING FOR GRANNIES Signed Inscribed with title on reverse Pen ink and watercolour 10 x 10 inches

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98 CROSSING THE STREAM (opposite above) Signed Inscribed with title on reverse Pen ink and watercolour 6 1⁄4 x 5 1⁄2 inches

99 THE CATCH (opposite below) Signed Inscribed with title on reverse Pen ink and watercolour 6 x 4 3⁄4 inches

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100 ENCOUNTER WITH A FROG Signed Inscribed with title on reverse Pen ink and watercolour 6 3⁄4 x 5 1⁄2 inches

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101 THE BIRD BALANCER Signed and dated 1974 Inscribed with title on reverse Pen ink and watercolour 9 x 13 1â „4 inches

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102 A SUMMER CELEBRATION Signed Inscribed with title on reverse Pen ink and watercolour 6 1⁄2 x 8 1⁄2 inches

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