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William Timlin (1892-1943)
TIMLIN, William Mitcheson (1893-1943). Pastel, 35x 23.5cm. Born Ashington, Northumberland, England, 1892, died Kimberley, Cape Province, 1943.Timlin was perhaps the most talented of the architect- artist members of SASA, to which he was elected a Fellow. He trained at the Armstrong college of Art in Newcastle, fol
TIMLIN, WILLIAM. 1893-1943. Original pen, ink and watercolor drawing on paper entitled The Fairy Walk, signed and dated at lower right ( William M. Timlin 1920), 20« by 12« inches, framed. Mild toning, laid down on board. William Timlin ranks alongside Dulac, Rackam, and Pogany as one of the greatest children's fantasy illustrators, despite his having published only one book in his lifetime (The Ship that Sailed to Mars, 1923). He died before his second great work, The Building of a Fairy City could be completed. The Fairy Walk depicts an elegant young lady in conversation with an ethereal figure, observed by some ravens and a trio of goblins. See illustration.
William Mitcheson Timlin (British/South African, 1893-1943)
The Argus
Signed William M. Timlin and with the artist's symbol of an owl l.r.,
titled The.Argus. l.l., titled and inscribed on the reverse.
Watercolor and gouache on paperboard, 13 7/8 x 10 1/16 in. (35.3 x 25.5 cm), framed.
Condition: Good, affixed to window mat with brown paper tape around the perimeter of the reverse.
Provenance: Purchased in Johannesburg by Edward E. Feit, c. 1946, by descent to the current owner.
N.B. Dr. Edward E. Feit (1924-2007) was an art collector, writer, and political science professor at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He grew up in South Africa, and it was there at Waterstrand University in Johannesburg that he bought the painting at hand from an art dealer c. 1946. Dr. Feit continued collecting paintings when he moved to the United States in the early 1960s. He also wrote many articles about painters for American Artist magazine in the 1980s and 90s, and is the author of seven books on South Africa.
TIMLIN, William Mitcheson, (1893 1943), born Ashington, Northumberland, England, died Kimberley, Cape Province, resided in S.A. from 1912, WATERCOLOUR, A Seascape with Rocks and Sand in the foreground, 21.5cm x 28cm, signed, dated ? and artists owl stamp, framed under glass.
TIMLIN, William Mitcheson, (1893 1943), born Northumberland, England, resided in S.A. from 1912, PASTEL ON BROWN PASTEL PAPER, A Landscape with a Farmer and Sheep on a Dirt Track, 17.5cm x 26.5cm, signed, framed.
Fairbridge, Dorothea HISTORIC HOUSES OF SOUTH AFRICA Cape Town & London: Maskew Miller & O.U.P., 1922 first edition col. & b/w illustrations 4to cloth, first front end paper abbreviated to 2cm and four others of similar interest - FAIRBRIDGE, DOROTHEA - Historic Farms of South Africa, 1931, foxing - FAIRBRIDGE, DOROTHEA - The Pilgrims' Way in South Africa, 1928, foxing - TIMLIN, WILLIAM M. - South Africa: A Series of Pencil Sketches, 1927, foxing - PEERS, CHARLES E. - Natal: A Series of Sketches, 1930, slight foxing. (5)
A fine silver-mounted ivory-carved casket, Elkington & Co, Birmingham, 1919, designed by the artist William M. Timlin and commissioned by the then Mayor of Kimberley, Mr John Orr, rectangular the hinged cover carved with the seal of the Municipality of the City of Kimberley and flanked by initials 'AFW' on one side, and 'GW' on the other, the mounts divided into panels of leaves and twigs between beaded borders, raised on four twig-form bracket feet, the cream velvet and silk-lined interior fitted with a plaque and presentation inscription: PRESENTED TO Mr and Mrs Alpheus F. Williams, by the Citizens of Kimberley, as a mark of their esteem, 7th March 1919, the case containing a presentation scroll, painted and signed by William M. Timlin, watercolour on vellum, all mounts hallmarked, 30,5cm wide, 14,5cm high ILLUSTRATED
Timlin (William M.) 'The Elopement', pen and ink with watercolour, an Arabesque stylized scene in the grounds of a castle, mounted on card, signed lower left and titled inscribed lower right, approx. 275 x 375mm, 3 very slight blemishes, one to the right hand boarder and 2 others towards lower right, the upper corners with slight repairs, 1918. ***A very nice example from the artist of the fantasy masterpiece The Ship that Sailed to Mars. British-born Timlin (1892-1943) emigrated to Kimberley, South Africa, where he became a successful architect..
Timlin (William M.) A group of 6 drawings, including A Shrimper, Brighton, Illustration to 'Blind Justice' by Ethelreda Lewis, a landscape and figure studies, pen and ink, one with ink wash, also one pencil drawing, 70 x 190mm. to 150 x 310mm., all signed or initalled, two dated, 1910 and 1927, hinged into mounts (6).
