VAN SANDWYK, Charles (illustrator). Ratty with Picnic Hamper. [Vancouver, British Columbia] Charles van Sandwyk Fine Arts. Signed

Original etching by Charles van Sandwyk depicting the character of Ratty from “The Wind in the Willows” carrying a large picnic hamper, printed in sepia ink on fine cream mould-made and untrimmed artist’s stock, 145 x 190mm, image size 62 x 100mm; exquisitely handcoloured by the artist and signed in pencil in full, alongside “Colour Proof” in the artist’s hand; fine.

Charles van Sandwyk was originally commissioned by The Folio Society to illustrate Grahame’s classic in 2005. Three years later he was invited to revisit his artwork and provide new drawings for a commemorative centenary edition, which was published in a limited edition of only 1,000 copies, presented in a lavish binding.