Lot 173: JOHN GERALD CHRISTOPHER RYAN (1921-2009) "Captain

JOHN GERALD CHRISTOPHER RYAN (1921-2009) "Captain Pugwash", a set of nine individual pen, ink and watercolour drawings, each with number and depicting pirate / pirates and inscribed for instance "One pirate", with a study of Captain Pugwash, "Two pirates", with a study of Captain Pugwash being chased by Black Jake, "Three pirates", with a study of Captain Pugwash and Black Jake dancing to Master playing the accordion, and so on up to "Nine pirates", being a study of nine Captain Pugwash figures upon a desert island, each approximately 26.7 x 19 cm (ILLUSTRATED) (Provenance : Commissioned from the artist in the early 1980's for birthday cards to be produced by "Gusto Graphics". The cards were produced and proved to be good sellers year on year. The vendor was one of the owners of Gusto Graphics with her late husband.)