He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work,
And filled all the stockings; then turned with a jerk,
And laying his finger aside of his nose,
And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose;—Clement Clarke Moore"A Visit from St. Nicholas"
Arthur Rackham's original illustration for the famous holiday poem depicts Santa Claus—or Father Christmas to the British—filling the stockings with toys. The artist uses shadows with bold diagonals and some energetic line work to ensure the image is anything but static. This is the artwork to one of the four color plates from Rackham's 1931 edition of Clement Clarke Moore's "A Visit from St. Nicholas," or, as the book is more familiarly titled, The Night Before Christmas. The art is available for 50,000 GBP.
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| Arthur Rackham AbeBooks listing accessed December 14, 2022 |
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