An exceptional early 20th-century autograph and sketch album...

Hammer

£700

An exceptional early 20th-century autograph and sketch album, assembled by a London family in the early 1900s, containing a remarkable collection of original, unique watercolours, drawings, and signed contributions by artists and illustrators of the period.

Highlights include an original watercolour by Mabel Lucie Attwell (née Booth) dated 1918, depicting a charming Water Babies scene, alongside a signed and dated drawing by Leonard Dawe from 1913. The album further features a diverse range of period sketches and illustrations, with several works attributed to notable artists, including Max Fleischer and Marsden Hartley, among others.

A fascinating and intimate artistic record of the era, offering insight into personal networks of artists and the informal exchange of original works, many of which appear unpublished and unique.