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Henry Patrick Raleigh (1880-1944)USA, Illustration

Sold for $400 at Sarasota Estate Auction on Aug 5, 2023.

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Henry Patrick Raleigh (1880-1944) American, Original Illustration. Signed and dated '27. Watercolor and pencil on paper. Dated 1927, 500 Sat Evc Post Illus. Henry Raleigh is known for Magazine illustration, etching. For almost thirty years, most issue of the Saturday Evening Post featured the drawings of Henry Raleigh. In all he was called upon to illustrate over five hundred Post stories for such revered authors as Stephen Vincent Benet, William Faulkner, Sinclair Lewis, and Somerset Maugham. Raleigh was considered the High Society Illustrator of the "Gatsby Era". He was the favorite artist of F. Scott Fitzgerald and Agatha Christie who chose Raleigh to illustrate stories. Overall Size: 21 x 22 in. Sight Size: 13 3/4 x 15 in. #2194

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