Lionel Lindsay (1874-1961)

ink and pencil on paper, signed l.r.c. ‘Lionel Lindsay’

Measurements:

42 x 35 cm

Provenance:

P.L.Pickles and Co auction, 28 August 1980, Lot 303, The Estate of Graham Ipkendanz Sydney, thence by descent

Exhibited:

This illustration was the basis for one of many popular Chunderloo (rhyming slang: spew) advertisements run by boot polish company Blyth and Platt from 1909 and published in a single volume in 1916.

Labels:

Literature: Lionel Lindsay, The Adventures of Chunderloo, 1916, an original edition of which is held by the State Library of NSW

• EStimate $800 - $1,200
• sold $3,600 Incl BP