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

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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
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