From The Enchanted Capital of Scotland
Original Artwork : Mary Queen of Scots, J.m. Barrie and R. L. Stevenson From The Enchanted Capital of Scotland
1945.
An original ink and water-colour on vellum, reproduced as a double page spread at pages 49/49 in in Jessie M. King's final book, The Enchanted Capital of Scotland. 31cm x 40cm. Signed in ink to lower right-hand corner. Mounted in cream card frame. An illustration of the finale of the children's adventure in Edinburgh, wherein they meet famous figures from Scotland's past. In fine condition, bright and unfaded, with a central crease corresponding to the central margin in the book.
A whimsical painting depicting children on their visit to Edinburgh meeting the city's famous historical figures, Mary, Queen of Scots, Robert Louis Stevenson, with a somewhat unconventional city scape. Notably the colour palette used by Jessie in the drawings is much more muted than the reproduction in the book. The originals are more reflective of the actual colours seen in and around Edinburgh, and less garish than the printed version.
The book describes a trip packed with discoveries, as a party of school children pay a visit to Edinburgh.
"Jessie made the whole book one extended design with drawings weaving in and out of the text... She filled each page with flowers, butterflies, elves, children and the architectural marvels of the city" writes her biographer, Colin White, "She drew the city as a child might see it, without perspective or modelling, capturing the feeling of wonder that the unsophisticated visitors must have had in first seeing the sights there".
PROVENANCE: From Noel Fyfe, listed in the final book as "the Merchant".
Stock ID: 46067
£8,500.00
