Charles Johnson Payne (Snaffles) (1884-1967) The Informers (Galway) Watercolour over pencil, 36 x 48cm Signed, lower right, Snaffles and dated '29, the margin so inscribed, and with a pencil...

Charles Johnson Payne (Snaffles) (1884-1967) The Informers (Galway) Watercolour over pencil, 36 x 48cm Signed, lower right, Snaffles and dated '29, the margin so inscribed, and with a pencil drawing of a fox seated on a stone wall, also signed Snaffles. Provenance: Bought directly from the artist, by descent to the vendor. Sold with a letter, signed Charles Payne (Snaffles) from Orchard Cottage, Tisbury, Wilts, 29th Sep '60 ''Here's the preliminary sketch of the 'Informers'. I am afraid it looks a bit rough. So do be frank if it does not 'pass the vet'''. The Informers became, and remains, one of Snaffles most enduring prints. It was first published to illustrate Molly Keane's Red Letter Days, 1933, and was issued as a seperate print, running through many issues.

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