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The Trees and the Axe, from Aesop's Fables, by Arthur Rackham

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An image of Title/s:  The Trees and the Axe (from Aesop's Fables) 
Maker/s:  Rackham, Arthur (draughtsman) [ULAN info: British artist, 1867-1939] 
Technique Description:  pen, black ink and watercolour on paper, laid down on card, with ruled graphite margins across the upper and left hand edges, intersecting upper left corner 
Dimensions:  height: 312 mm, width: 268 mm 
Date:  1912

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Title/s: The Trees and the Axe (from Aesop's Fables) Maker/s: Rackham, Arthur (draughtsman) [ULAN info: British artist, 1867-1939] Technique Description: pen, black ink and watercolour on paper, laid down on card, with ruled graphite margins across the upper and left hand edges, intersecting upper left corner Dimensions: height: 312 mm, width: 268 mm Date: 1912

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  • Accession Number: 2710
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
  • Photographer name: Image Library
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  • Image width: 900 pixels
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  • Captured: 2011:04:13 16:02:32

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20th Century _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPAC _WF_PCtd Aesop's Fables Arthur Rackham axe branches British children Date Department Drawing Edwardian enchanted English exterior fairytales fictional Fitz_PDP forest illustration Location (country of origin) Medium Other Keywords stories story tales tree trunks trees watercolour woodsman Workflow

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