Lot 326: Bernard Venables (British, 20th Century)

A group of four Perch chasing par
inscribed 'Perch'
watercolour
27 x 35cm (10 5/8 x 13 3/4in).

Bernard Venables was best known to millions of anglers through Mr Crabtree Goes Fishing, initially a cartoon strip, and later one of the most popular fishing books ever written, and this original illustration is taken from the book written by the artist and printed by The Daily Mirror, 1952