The Lost Treasures of Shakespeare (Signed) (Original)

The Lost Treasures of Shakespeare art by Neville Dear

The Lost Treasures of Shakespeare (Signed) (Original)


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Artist: Neville Dear
Medium: Gouache on Board
Size: 14" x 11" (360mm x 290mm)
Date: 1964
Signature: Signed by artist lower right
Code: DearPrint1LL

This is the Signed unique original Gouache painting by Neville Dear.

Two poor actors offer a printer parts of a draft of a play written by William Shakespeare. This is thought to have happened on several occasions. The Lost Treasures of Shakespeare. The invention of the printing press led to the mass production of books, including many works of William Shakespeare.

Originally from part four of a history of Shakespeare's life this signed original was published in Look and Learn issue 109, 15th February 1964.
  • Artist Biography
    Neville Dear; UK
    A prolific artist for Look and Learn, illustrating a wide variety of historical subjects and various series including 'Disasters That Shook the World' (1963), 'By the Rivers of Babylon' (1964), 'They Made Headlines' (1964), 'Epic Stories of the Iron Road' (1965) and others. In 1949, Dear and two other students from the Royal College of Art were commissioned to decorate the walls of the children's section of the Chelsea Public Library.

    In the 1950s he began producing illustrations for William Collins, including work for Collins' Magazine, Collins Boys' Annual and books, including Showell Styles' 'Tiger Patrol' series.

    As well as his magazine illustrations for Look and Learn, Ranger, Argosy, Picture Post and others, Dear also worked for Oxford University Press, Wheaton, Hodder & Stoughton, Corgi, and Eyre Methuen. With others he illustrated The Hamlyn Bible for Children (1974) and he was a regular illustrator for Reader's Digest's condensed books.
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