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Maximilian Edler Von POOSCH-GABLENZ, "Travel and Adventure in many lands", set of eleven original drawings

Maximilian Edler Von POOSCH-GABLENZ (Pula, 1872 – Wien, 1968)
Set of eleven original drawings for « Travel and Adventure in many lands », by Cecil Gosling, published by Methuen & Co. and E.P. Dutton in 1926
Pencil, pen, black ink, brown ink, brush, black and brown ink wash and white gouache highlights on paper
Most of them with the monogram MVP, some of them with the monogram and date MVP 25

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25.5 x 22 (ten drawings) ; 32.5 x 22 cm (one drawing)
Gilt wood frames

Note : Cecil Gosling was UK Ambassador to Bolivia between 1919 and 1924. He also travelled in South Africa and other regions of Africa and South America. He had a residence in the Schloss Walchen in Austria. His book "Travel and Adventure in Many Lands", published by Methuen & Co. in the U.K. in 1926 then by E.P. Dutton in New-York the same year with twelve illustrations by austrian artist Maximilian Van Poosch was a big success and a must-read for young British and American readers fond of travel books. We proudly present here eleven out of the twelve original drawings.

Maximilian Edler Van Poosch-Gablenz was an Austrian illustrator and painter, born in 1872 and deceased in 1968. He was a portrait painter and a war painter during World War I. He's famous for his aviation subjects.