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Louis Rhead — The Culprit Fay (1903)

Artist: Louis Rhead (All)

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Louis Rhead — The Culprit Fay (1903) Comic Art
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Title: Louis Rhead — The Culprit Fay (1903)
Artist: Louis Rhead (All)
Media Type: Pen and Ink
Art Type: Illustration
For Sale Status: NFS
Views: 1,530
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Added to Site: 1/24/2018
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Holy moly, look at all that ink! This piece is one of the most intricately detailed pieces of pen and ink art I have ever seen. The background is made up of impossibly fine cross hatching and stipple, and the line work on the figure and foreground is incredible. Louis Rhead was an English born American artist who worked at the turn of the twentieth century (my favorite art period). He was best known for his poster work and his illustrations for children’s books. Art is large (17” x 12”), and was published in 1903 in a book of poems by Joseph Rodman Drake. The inscription under the art reads, “Borne after on the wings of the blast northward away he speeds him fast.” Art includes this inscription in the artists’s hand on the back (see additional photo).

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Lee Benaka 
Member Since 2004

Posted on 1/25/2018

Yowza, I need to see this in person! What a beautiful find. Big congrats Ben!

steve  staszower 
Member Since 2005

Posted on 1/31/2018

Whoa. Yes, I'm sure this one must be seen in person to appreciate all the detail!

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