Doctor Livingstone I Presume? (Original)
Medium: Watercolour on Board
Size: 13" x 15" (340mm x 385mm)
Date: c. 1970
Code: RatcliffLivingstone
This is the unique original Watercolour painting by Ernest Ratcliff.
A retelling of the famous meeting between Dr David Livingstone and Henry Morton Stanley in 1871; colourfully depicted by Ernest Ratcliff and published in an as yet unidentified issue of Once Upon A Time children's story paper around 1970.
- Artist BiographyErnest Ratcliff
Ernest Ratcliff drew the newspaper comic 'Lindy' for the London Evening News in the 1960s. The comic also appeared in the French paper Paris-Jour.
Ratcliff painted many illustrations for the children's story paper Once Upon A Time in the 1970s, including mini-serialisations of the story of 'Doctor Livingstone meets Henry Stanley' and 'Magda the Snomwaiden'. He also illustrated (including covers) a children's book about Robin Hood in the 1970s.
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