Lot 222: NEILL, JOHN R[EA]. 1877-1943. Original pen-and-ink drawing, "She fairly seemed to float above the flowers that blossomed along the way, as her dainty feet slipped from daisy to daisy,"

NEILL, JOHN R[EA]. 1877-1943.
Original pen-and-ink drawing, "She fairly seemed to float above the flowers that blossomed along the way, as her dainty feet slipped from daisy to daisy," drawing of Urtha, tailpiece of Chapter 6, 140 x 190 mm. Matted and framed.Published: Grampa in Oz by Ruth Plumly Thompson (Chicago: Reilly & Lee Co., 1924), p 86.This fine drawing depicts Urtha, a lovely enchanted flower fairy whom Prince Tatters of Ragbad and Grampa, an old soldier, discover in the underground garden of evil Abrog on their quest to find the boy's father's head.