Lot 800: Mary V Wheelhouse (fl 1895 - 1947) fascinating

Mary V Wheelhouse (fl 1895 - 1947) fascinating collection of pen, ink and watercolour illustrations. Three from the volume - The Slowcoach, by E V Lucas - sold with a copy of the book, another from the volume - Mary's Meadow and Other Tales of Fields and Flowers, by Juliana Horatia Ewing - sold with a copy of the book, another pen and ink study of two figures and a dog seated beside a fire and one other framed study - shipping on the river, all signed and inscribed. Sold with a collection of seventeen books illustrated by Mary Wheelhouse, by authors including: Juliana Horatia Ewing, Mrs Molesworth, Mrs Gaskell and others (23 items in total). Extract written by Mary Wheelhouse for Contemporary Illustrations....'My greatest pleasure being those charming stories by Mrs Ewing....perhaps one of the nicest children's books I ever illustrated was W G Lucas' Slowcoach....'