Original painting illustration Ethel Hays gouache Peter Rabbit signed Saalfield Publishing selling co.

Original watercolor illustration made by Ethel Hayes in the 1940ies. Peter Rabbit. Signed.

The illustration was published in several books, included are two of the printed pages of these books.

Published by Saalfield Publishing co.

"Ethel Hays was an American syndicated cartoonist specializing in flapper-themed comic strips in the selling 1920s and 1930s. She drew in Art Deco style. In the later part of her career, during the 1940s and 1950s, she became one of the country's most accomplished children's book illustrators."

Image size: 26cm x 36.5 cm or 10.23" x 14.37".