Original illustrations for Jane Austen's Novels - photo 1
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Original illustrations for Jane Austen's Novels

Lot 103
16.10.2025 10:00UTC +00:00
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AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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Lot 103 | Original illustrations for Jane Austen's Novels
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$ 10 000 – 15 000
BROCK, Henry Mathews (1875-1960) and BROCK, Charles Edmund (1870-1038). Suite of 28 original drawings, published in The Novels of Jane Austen, London, J.M. Dent & Co., 1898, typically signed “C.E. Brock” or “H.M. Brock,” majority dated 1898.

26 are watercolors with pen and ink, and two are pen and ink designs for Pride and Prejudice. Average size is 121/2 x 91/4 in. (32 x 24 cm) sheet sizes except as noted. Overall very good condition (Sense and Sensibility drawings with a little soiling, a few relaid on new paper, a few marginal pencil marks and pen trials).

Comprises:
Sense and Sensibility drawings by C.E. Brock
1. Fanny Dashwood plotting for Norland
2. Edward Ferrars welcomed at Barton Cottage
3. Lucy divulging her secret
4. Willoughby at Lady Middleton’s party
5. Mrs. Ferrars
6. Robert Ferrars and Elinor Dashwood
7. Marianne Dashwood visited by Colonel Brandon
8. Edward and Elinor together

Pride and Prejudice drawings by H.M. Brock
1. Sir William Lucas beseeching a dance for Elizabeth Bennet
2. The introduction of George Wickham
3. Mr. Collins’s proposal
4. Elizabeth playing the piano at Rosings
5. Mr. Darcy delivering his letter to Elizabeth
6. Mr. Bennet listening to the letter from Mr. Gardiner
7. Catherine de Bourgh confronting Elizabeth at Longbourne
8. Endpaper design
9. Half-title design with figure of Elizabeth (18 x 101/2 cm)

Emma drawings by C.E. Brock
1. Emma Wodehouse reads aloud at Mrs. Bates’s house
2. Harriet Smith embarrassed
3. Mr. Knightley on horseback
4. At Mr. Weston’s ball
5. Harriet accosted by beggars
6. Emma shocking her father

Northanger Abbey drawing by H.M. Brock
1. Catherine touring the Abbey gardens with Eleanor and the General

Persuasion drawings by C.E. Brock
1. Anne Eliot overhearing the flirtation of Captain Wentworth and Louisa Musgrove
2. Louisa’s fall at Lyme
3. The Viscountess Dalrymple at the Concert Room in Bath
4. Captain Wentworth leaving his love letter for Anne
Applied technique:Watercolor on paper
Place of origin:England
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