Sunday, March 15, 2015
LOT #206

John Rea Neill (American, 1877-1943) "Darby O'Gill" India Ink on Illustration Board

c.1908, signed in lower left, used as the frontispiece for the children’s story “Darby O’Gill and the Good People” by Herminie Templeton; having a hand-written label en verso from the artist to the framer Reilly Britton of Chicago

Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000

Dimensions: Height: 20 3/4 inches, Width: 15 3/4 inches

Condition: Very Good, restored in 2013: illustration surface cleaned of mat burn from the original framing, the wood core of the board is replaced with a non-acidic cotton core and original board back is stabilized; repaired lower left corner

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