Sampson at Christmas
Original Watercolour Artwork For The Church Mice at Christmas
1980.
Original illustration of Sampson the cat dressed as one of Santa's reindeer, leading a mouse dressed as Santa, heading towards a group of Christmas revellers. 11.2cm x 15.5cm. Watercolour on paper, heightened in white. Signed by Oakley to bottom right corner. In very good condition, one very short closed tear to left margin.
Graham Oakley's delightful series of Church Mice books were inspired by observing the former inhabitants (the mice) of an old mill the artist was renovating in Wiltshire. The escapades of the church mice are closely monitored by their friend, Sampson, the church's ginger tabby cat. In this tale, after hopeless attempts to raise money for the Christmas party, Sampson and the mice decide to raise their spirits by dressing up as Father Christmas and his reindeer.
PROVENANCE: From the artist's estate.
LITERATURE: The Church Mice At Christmas, 1980.
Stock ID: 44858
£950.00
