Antique coloured plate of the story of "House Island", 1913

Easily style your kid's room with this exquisite tipped-in coloured plate with vibrant colours and incredible detail. This plate depicts the story of "House Island" and was made by Warwick Goble.

The accompanying text for this illustration is: "So at night, when all were asleep, he led the trembling Aslog over the snow and ice-fields away to the mountains."

This beautiful 109-year-old plate is in excellent condition and originates from the first edition of The Fairy Book, written by Dinah Craik and published in 1913. The plate comes with a pre-cut high quality matboard with an indigo coloured top layer / shiny golden top layer. The matboard is acid-free, protecting the print. 

The image you see is a photograph of the actual item. 

Artist: Warwick Goble
Rear of the print: blank, no images or text
Matboard size (= frame size): 21 x 30 cm | 8.27 x 11.81 inch
Print size: 17,5 x 24 cm | 6.89 x 9.45 inch

Warwick Goble (1862-143) was a British illustrator of children's books. In 1909, he became resident gift book illustrator for MacMillan. Among others, he produced illustrations for The Fairy Book, written by English novelist and poet, Dinah Maria Craik. She is best remembered for her novel John Halifax, Gentleman. Fun fact: Warwick Goble was the first to illustrate H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds.