WALTER CRANE (BRITISH, 1845-1915)

Tailpiece from The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser Book VI Canto III (page 1338 in the 1896 edition, published by George Allen)
inscribed by the artist's son, 'This is the work of/ my Father the late - Walter Crane./ signed Lionel F Crane' (verso)
pen and ink heightened with white
7 x 11.5cm

Provenance
Hartnoll & Eyre, 'An Exhibition of Drawings by British Book Illustrators,1875-1925’, 1969, no.3, from whom acquired by the mother of the present owners;
Gifted to the present owners in 2011