Lot 44: COX, PALMER. 1840-1924.

Original illustration, pencil and gouache on board, approximately 11 ½ x 6 inches, signed ("Palmer Cox"), [May 1881], being a scene with a king leap-frogging a jester, framed, some rubbing.

An interesting example of original artwork Cox appears to have completed for "St Nicholas Illustrated Magazine for Girls and Boys," May 1881. The story is titled "The King and the Clown," and captioned in pencil: "His Royal back he'd stoop / to chase a rolling hoop / Or do the game of leap frog with the wildest of the group." Two leaves from the original periodical included.
Provenance: From the collection of M.B. Goldstone.