'And How to Play', Illustration for 'The Pirate Twins', by William Nicholson

An image of 'And How to Play'; and illustration for 'The Pirate Twins'. Nicholson, William. Pen, black ink, watercolour and bodycolour on paper, laid down on card, height 138 mm, width 193 mm, 1929.

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'And How to Play'; and illustration for 'The Pirate Twins'. Nicholson, William. Pen, black ink, watercolour and bodycolour on paper, laid down on card, height 138 mm, width 193 mm, 1929.

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Accession Number: PD.66-2006
© The Artists's Estate/Desmond Banks. Photographic copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 721 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.6 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 222.62kB

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