Wragg Original Artwork

£125.00

Description

[004755] Wragg, Arthur. Young Soldier in the Crypt WITH The Siren Sleepers Original Artwork. ill. Wragg, Arthur. No Place: No Publisher, 1940. First Edition. Elephant Folio. Unbound. Original Art. Signed By Artist. Good+. Two ink drawings on paper and mounted on to card, the top drawing is approximately 435mm x 275mm, the bottom 450mm x 270mm, with the overall size being approximately 510mm x 630mm in size

The card mount with some light discolouring to edges, a number in blue pencil to top right hand corner, otherwise fairly bright and clean

The first Young Soldier in the Crypt, showing a solitary figure praying, is signed and dated by Wragg to foot, the second The Siren Sleepers, is not, but was almost certainly done around the same time, and shows a group asleep, presumably underground somewhere during an air raid