Daphne Pollen (2 results)

Red Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: N/a. First Edition. 63pp + numbered copy page. 12 b/w illustrations plus catalogue. Signed by (Lady) Mary Rennell on the half titlepage. Limited editio No,123/500. Gilt monogram to front board and gilt lettering to spine. Previous owner's name (Jane Taylor) and date written in blue ink at top of front end paper. Some light staining (water splatters) to front board and small circular (1cm dia.) stain tp rear board, otherwise VG in a firm binding. Signed by Author(s).…

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. 408 x 381mm (image 312 x 242mm). Edges very slightly creased. Collotype commissioned by the artist's uncle, Maurice Baring, and donated to the sitter. The original is now in the National Portrait Gallery. "The drawing was made in January 1932," remembered Daphne Pollen (née Baring, 1904-1986), "while [Belloc] was sitting for my husband [the sculptor Arthur Pollen] for a bust. He liked the drawing & remarked 'No man knows what he looks like but that drawing is alive'. He thought the nose too 'bombé' & said it looked like 'Blake having a vision' . . . His family & friends seemed to think the drawing was a good likeness. He had a collotype reproduction made of the drawing . . . & gave copies to some of his friends.".…