Keeley Halswelle, Attributed – Pork Chops

£250.00

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Pen, black ink and wash on paper, once removed from a sketchbook. There are drawings on both sides of the sheet; on the back is a large muscular figure bound by his hands and feet, in the background are a few old men being pursued by knights. The most intriguing drawing lies on the front of the sheet, titled “Pork Chops”, and is full of grotesque faces, animals and insects, mixed up in swirls of cloud. Among the faces are depictions of sea monsters, a duck, a frog, flying fish, a bird, and many insects and spiders, dragonflies etc.

Sheet: 9 1/2 x 9 3/4 in. (24 x 25 cm.)

Condition: The paper has discoloured, and the edges of the paper are irregular, but there are no significant tears. This drawing is to be sold as seen without a frame or mount and will be delivered in a conservation standard clear polyester sleeve.

Please view our other available drawing, “The Dolls Dream”, attributed to Keeley Halswelle.

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Halswelle, Keeley (1832-1891)

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Many comparable drawings by Halswelle have sold at auction and his work has been represented in leading galleries, including The Leicester Gallery. Both stylistically and in its fanciful subject matter his work is like that of the cartoonist and fairy illustrator Richard Doyle (1824-1883).

 

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Halswelle, Keeley (1832-1891)

Keeley Halswelle, A.R.S.A., was born at Richmond, Surrey of Scottish parents on 23 April 1832. After studying at the British Museum and Edinburgh, he embarked upon a career in book illustration in 1860, contributing to publications such as The Illustrated London News, (1860), Good Words, (1860), Pen and Pencil Pictures from the Poets, (1866) and Scott's Poems, c. (1866). While illustrating Robert Herrick's poems, he visited Edinburgh where he stayed, studying at the Royal Scottish Academy. In 1868 he moved to Rome for several years, also working in Paris. He was elected an Associate of the Royal Scottish Academy in 1866 and a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour in 1882. He exhibited at the Royal Academy 1862-91 and the Royal Society of British Artists 1875-79. Possessed of considerable energy and versatility, his subjects ranged over a wide field, but in later years he devoted his attention almost entirely to landscape. He died in Paris, after a short illness, on 12th April 1891.

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