Lot 37: Drayton, Grace. Lot of 8 pen & ink sketches, some

Drayton, Grace. Lot of 8 pen & ink sketches, some with light wash, many with notes on suggested colors. Includes 3 illustrations from The Baby Bears and the Weathercock (2 of them signed); 2 from The Baby Bears and the Valentines (1 signed); 1 from The Baby Bears and the Honey Pot (signed and dated 1914, with Century St. Nicholas Advertising Book slip on verso noting title is "Mother Spies Them"); 1 unidentified Baby Bear illustration (the two bears with a wolf carrying a cane and wearing a coat); a chubby-cheeked youngster, perhaps a Campbell's Soup Kid, with stamp on verso of F. Wallis Armstrong Co. Advertising Agents. c.1915 Nice selection of original sketches for illustrations, most featuring the Baby Bears. Grace Drayton, at times, through marriages, Grace Gebbie and Grace Wiederseim, 1877-1935, was one of the first and most successful female cartoonists. Among her creations were the series 'Bobby Blake' and 'Dolly Drake' for the Philadelphia Press; 'The Terrible Tales of Captain Kiddo', in collaboration with her sister, Margaret G. Hays; 'The Pussycat Princess,' and of course the much-loved advertisements for Campbell Soup, for which she never received credit. Some soiling and other wear, generally very good.