Johnstone, Janet and Anne
Original Illustrator Art: Trolls Forest Scene
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Watercolor and bodycolor on artist's board. Size: 25 ½ by 23 inches. This amazing piece of artwork is currently reproduced as a foil image with the title "The Picnic". Many of these images were used by The Great British Card Company for use in greeting cards and stationery. A notation on the overlay for the work calls it Trolls Forest Scene, and we are using that title. We have not located this in a published book, but it is very likely that it was published in one of the many books of fairy tales illustrated by the sisters. It is exceptionally striking in the precision of its execution. 0
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