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Collection of Hugh Thomson Collection of Hugh Thomson
Collection of Hugh Thomson Collection of Hugh Thomson
Collection of Hugh Thomson Collection of Hugh Thomson
Collection of Hugh Thomson Collection of Hugh Thomson

Collection of Hugh Thomson

Hugh Thomson

Art Funded
2005
Dimensions
Various
Vendor
J & J Gamble Emerald Isle Books
A collection of 514 watercolours and drawings including original drawings for book illustrations.

Among others, Thomson was commissioned to illustrate works by William Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, Jane Austen and 10 volumes of the Highways and Byways series (work from the Highway and Byways in North Wales illustrated). Thomson is considered to be one of the top book illustrators of the time.

Provenance

By descent in the artist's family; J & J Gamble Emeral Isle Books, 1970s.

Watercolours; pen & ink; pencil

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