George Soper

[SOPER, GEORGE.] Original pen, ink and gouache on paper, signed at lower left, illustration from the 1913 edition of Arabian Nights, preceding the story "King Bedar and the Princess Jehaunara," matted and framed to 300 X 382 mm. Soper was a popular British magazine and book illustrator at the beginning of the 20th century. His edition of Arabian nights , published by George Allen and Unwin, contained only a handful of color illustrations, of which this is one.

GEORGE SOPER (BRITISH 1870-1942) SIX DRYPOINTS SHEEP SHEARING WOOTEN COURTNEY 1922. 7 5/8 x 11 13/16 in. [Beetles I 274]; HAULING TIMBER Circa 1921. 8 x 12 1/4 in. [Beetles I 231]; CARTING HAY, EXMOOR 1922. 7 13/16 x 11 1/4 in. [Beetles I 273]; SPRING: THE SHEPHERD 1921. 7 3/8 x 11 1/4 in. [Beetles I 220]; THE QUARRY TEAM 1922. 7 3/4 x 12 1/4 in. [Beetles I 275]; and TIMBER HAULING, DEVON I 1919. 5 15/16 x 10 7/8 in. [Beetles I 174]. Each pencil signed in the margin. Each unframed (6)

GEORGE SOPER (BRITISH 1870-1942) SEVEN PRINTS BURNING TWITCH 1919, pencil signed in margin. Etching. 5 5/8 x 7 7/8 in. [Beetles I 113]; HAULING THE LOG C. 1921, pencil signed in the margin. Drypoint. 7 13/16 x 12 3/8 in. [Beetles I 268]; THE STONE BREAKER 1921, pencil signed in the margin. Etching. 5 5/16 x 7 3/8 in. [Beetles I 218]; AUTUMN: PLOUGHING 1921, pencil signed in the margin. Drypoint. 7 2/16 x 11 3/4 in. [Beetles I 222]; MILKING TIME AT SEDGEMOOR FARM 1922, pencil signed in the margin. Drypoint. 8 x 11 1/4 in. [Beetles I 272]; EVENING ZOYLAND 1921, pencil signed in the margin. Drypoint. 7 1/16 x 11 11/16 in. [Beetles I 271]; and THE MOLE CATCHER 1922, pencil signed in margin. Etching. 7 x 11 in. [Beetles I 276A]. Each unframed (7)

George Soper (British, 1870-1942) Timber Hauling two works one signed in pencil and another in the plate etching the largest 18.5 x 31cm (7 5/16 x 12 3/16in).

George Soper (British, 1870-1942) Ploughing the Headland watercolour 28 x 30.5cm (11 x 12in).