By the Illustrator of Charlotte's Web

[Burning Building in a Seaside Village]

Williams, Garth

Notes: Original pen-and-ink cartoon drawing of a seaside village, surrounded by mountains, with smoke rising from the center of the town.

Sheet roughly 8 by 6 inches, drawing 5-1/2 by 3-1/2 inches.

Probably from 1943-1946, when Williams was a staff illustrator for the New Yorker magazine. Only seven of his drawings ever appeared in the magazine during his three years there, but it did lead to a connection with New Yorker writer E. B. White, who recommended Williams to illustrate his children's books, Stuart Little and Charlotte's Web.

Edition + Condition: Small red mark in upper right. Signed "GW" in ink and "Garth Williams" in pencil.

Publication: (1943-1945).

Item No: #362617

Price: $125