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Pictured: Auctioneer Richard Bromell with the drawings
An archive of charming watercolour drawings by the children's author and illustrator behind the Church Mice book series has sold for over £150,000.
Graham Oakley was best known for creating the highly-praised picture books from the 1970s until 2000.
The beautifully-illustrated books focus on the adventures of a group of mice living in a church in the fictional English town of Wortlethorpe and their guardian Sampson the cat.
Pic: MaxWillcock/BNPS
Pictured: Auctioneer Richard Bromell with the drawings
An archive of charming watercolour drawings by the children's author and illustrator behind the Church Mice book series has sold for over £150,000.
Graham Oakley was best known for creating the highly-praised picture books from the 1970s until 2000.
The beautifully-illustrated books focus on the adventures of a group of mice living in a church in the fictional English town of Wortlethorpe and their guardian Sampson the cat.
MaxWillcock/BNPS 28 Sep 2023 4794x3191 / 1.7MB