ORIGINAL PEN AND INK DRAWING BY STUART TRESILION FOR RUDYARD KIPLING’S ‘ALL THE MOWGLI STORIES’.
The illustration was done by Tresilion for the ‘Road Song of the Bandar-Log’ which appeared on page 65 of ‘All the Mowgli Stories’ by Rudyard Kipling which was published by Macmillan in 1933.
The drawing is in ink. It is very finely executed and shows a monkey reaching tentatively for and object on stoney ground. Signed in ink with the artist’s initials in bottom left-hand corner.It is on Windsor & Newton Bristol Board and has directions to the printer and dimensions in pencil (not affecting any part of the image). There are pencil notes on the reverse side. The image measures approx 9 inches x 3 inches (23cms x 8cms) and the artists board has total dimensions of approx 12.5 inches x 6.75 inches (32cms x 17cms). It is in very good condition.
Cecil Stuart Tresilian was born in Bristol, and studied at the Regent Street School of Art and the RoyalCollege of Art. He taught for a time at Bristol, where his students included Charles Keeping. During the First World War he was a prisoner of war and the drawings he made of his German POW camp are now exhibited in the ImperialWarMuseum. He was a ‘brother’ of the Art Workers' Guild and Master of the Guild in 1960 and was also a member of SGA and its President from 1962-5. In the 1930's and early 1940's, Tresilian provided illustrations to many magazines, including The Wide World Magazine, Nash’s Pall Mall Magazine, Zoo, The Passing Show and The Wide World Magazine but it is for his book illustrations that he will best be remembered. In addition to Kipling’s ‘Jungle Book’ stories, Tresilion was also the illustrator of Enid Blyton’s series of ‘Adventure’ books (The Castle of Adventure, etc) and he also illustrated some of the Biggles books by Capt. W.E. Johns.
Packed weight will be approx 200 grams.
Please see my other listings this week for some further original book illustrations, including further original drawings by Stuart Tresilion and original drawings by Margery Gill, Rosalie Fry, Katinka Crampton, Low and David Harris. I am always happy to combine shipping costs on multiple purchases.
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