Gormenghast Signing Plate

This is a beautiful color illustration I got from Dave at LCCAF 2023.

Gormenghast is a fantasy series by British author Mervyn Peake, about the inhabitants of Castle Gormenghast, a sprawling, decaying, Gothic structure. It comprises three novels: Titus Groan (1946), Gormenghast (1950), and Titus Alone (1959); and a novella, Boy in Darkness (1956).
Peake was also writing a fourth novel, Titus Awakes, at the time of his death in 1968: his widow then finished writing the novel but it was published only in 2011 after it was discovered by the family.

Dave McKean did work on an illustrated edition of the original Gormenghast trilogy for the Folio Society, and it's simply outstanding. This illustration was used as a signing plate.

Huge thanks to Dave!


Paper size: 29.5 x 42 cm