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The
Old Man and the Sea
In the eary 1950's Raymond Sheppard and Charles Tunnicliffe were both
commissioned by the Reprint Society to illustrate "The Old Man
and the Sea" by Ernest Hemingway. The publishers were so pleased
with both artists work that they chose a selection from each
to appear in the book which has gone on to be one of the most popular
of all Hemingway's books. These appear to be the only examples of either
artists work from the book in existence.
Of the 20 original ink drawings and scraperboards by Raymond Sheppard
we have in the exhibition13 were published in the book and the other
7 are being seen for the first time.
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" He was an old man who
fished alone "
Pg 7
14 x 26 cm
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" The boy took the old army
blanket and spread it over the back of the old man "
Pg 16
33 x 23 cm |
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" He was asleep in a short
time "
Unpublished
19 x 29 cm |
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" The tuna shone silver "
Pg 34
20 x 24 cm
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" Man-o-war bird"
Pg 37
20 x 26 cm
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" He looked down into the water "
Pg 28
33 x 25 cm
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" A Marlin was eating the
sardines that covered the point of the hook "
Pg 40
16 x 28 cm |
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" Now ..............and
struck hard "
Pg 41
32 x 24 cm
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" Washed his right hand
in the sea "
Pg 54
12 x 13cm |
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" He started to work his
way back to the stern on hands and knees "
Pg 72
20 x 25 |
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"His dorsal fin was down and
his pectorals spread wide"
Unpublished
22 x 31 cm |
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" Began to pull in the line"
Unpublished
16 x 20 cm |
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" Fell into the water with a splash
that sent spray all over the boat"
Unpublished
22 x 30 cm |
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" Lifted the harpoon as
high as he could "
Pg 86
38 x 27 cm |
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" The old man saw the brown fins
coming along..........."
Pg 98
10 x 17 cm |
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" Hit him squarely in the
centre of his flat-topped head "
Unpublished
36 x 24 |
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" Many fishermen were around
the skiff - looking at what was lashed beside it "
Unpublished
20 x 30 cm |
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" He fell and lay some time
with the mast across his shoulders "
Pg 112
16 x 22 cm
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" He was still sleeping
on his face and the boy was watching him "
Pg 116
20 x 20 cm |
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" He was holding his glass
and thinking of many years "
Unpublished
22 x 29 cm |
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