# A desperate appeal to Art Dopers & UK Dopers **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 23, 2018, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-desperate-appeal-to-art-dopers-uk-dopers/823401 "2018-10-23T21:13:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2018, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-desperate-appeal-to-art-dopers-uk-dopers/823401/1 "2018-10-23T21:13:00Z")
I found a charming image, vintage 1924, of two elegant people watching two ghosts dance. I found it oddly moving–_ **strongly so.** _ I must find a print to buy! However, my Google-Fu is weak. Help is needed. [A link to the (SAFE FOR WORK) image](https://www.reddit.com/r/ArtPorn/comments/981ol4/drawing_by_reginald_higgins_1924_755_x_1007) All the data I can find is below– > [@](#): > > _REGINALD E HIGGINS > ENGLISH > DUTCH ILLUSTRATION GROUP FOUNDER > ART DECO ILLUSTRATOR > IMAGE 1924 > MAY HAVE BEEN AFFILIATED WITH BLUE STOCKING MAGAZINE_ **WHERE CAN I GET A LEGIT PRINT, OR A BETTER SCAN?** ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2018, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-desperate-appeal-to-art-dopers-uk-dopers/823401/2 "2018-10-23T21:35:51Z")
Haven’t quite found it yet, but when you do, be prepared for the price. Here’s a site showing auction results of prints, etc. by Higgins that have sold recently: > **[Reginald Edward Higgins: Auction prices, signatures and monograms -...](https://findartinfo.com/english/list-prices-by-artist/132581/reginald-edward-higgins.html)** > > Art auction results, signatures and monograms of artist Reginald Edward Higgins on Findartinfo ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2018, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-desperate-appeal-to-art-dopers-uk-dopers/823401/3 "2018-10-23T21:42:22Z")
Since the site you link to says it’s a drawing there may only be the one original, with no prints. Still looking, though. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2018, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-desperate-appeal-to-art-dopers-uk-dopers/823401/4 "2018-10-23T21:46:18Z")
Try contacting the poster, u/deniscard, on reddit. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2018, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-desperate-appeal-to-art-dopers-uk-dopers/823401/5 "2018-10-23T21:59:16Z")
[https://www.illustratedfirstworldwar.com/reginald-higgins-1877-1933/](https://www.illustratedfirstworldwar.com/reginald-higgins-1877-1933/) A short bio. Looking around, this doesn’t seem to be Higgins usually subject matter. That was “the Modern Woman”, post WWI. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2018, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-desperate-appeal-to-art-dopers-uk-dopers/823401/6 "2018-10-23T22:27:36Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Try contacting the poster, u/deniscard, on reddit. I am not a member & reluctant to join social media.☹ ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2018, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-desperate-appeal-to-art-dopers-uk-dopers/823401/7 "2018-10-23T23:11:30Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > I am not a member & reluctant to join social media.☹ Bosda, mate, you’ve been on this social medium for almost nineteen years now ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2018, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-desperate-appeal-to-art-dopers-uk-dopers/823401/8 "2018-10-23T23:19:49Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > Bosda, mate, you’ve been on this social medium for almost nineteen years now Possible point… ---
**Author:** ![Wallet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e99b99/32.png) [@Wallet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallet)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2018, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-desperate-appeal-to-art-dopers-uk-dopers/823401/9 "2018-10-23T23:46:58Z")
![Peter and Harriet observing the ghosts at Bredon Hall](https://64.media.tumblr.com/f102e925627fb472f928a492a59181f9/tumblr_pd14z7MiF11tcqhjho1_r1_1280.png) Take it with a grain of salt, but this site says it’s a picture of Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane, from the Dorothy L. Sayers books. I didn’t see Higgins listed as an illustrator on her books, but perhaps I just missed his name. Or, maybe tumblr is wrong! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2018, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-desperate-appeal-to-art-dopers-uk-dopers/823401/10 "2018-10-24T00:07:50Z")
Hmm, now I’m curious. I sent a message to the poster on Reddit. It’s a peculiar drawing. Look at the size of the step her leg is resting on compared with the one she is sitting on. I think the Lord Peter Wimsey reference is just fandom on Tumblr and unrelated to the drawing itself. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2018, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-desperate-appeal-to-art-dopers-uk-dopers/823401/11 "2018-10-24T02:18:40Z")
Maybe, but tunblr is full of this image. [Here it is](https://talkingpiffle.tumblr.com/post/176863275514/yesterdaysprint-drawing-by-re-higgins-1924#notes) 1,000 pixels tall (best I’ve found so far)… ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2018, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-desperate-appeal-to-art-dopers-uk-dopers/823401/12 "2018-10-24T02:54:43Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Maybe, but tunblr is full of this image. > > [Here it is](https://talkingpiffle.tumblr.com/post/176863275514/yesterdaysprint-drawing-by-re-higgins-1924#notes) 1,000 pixels tall (best I’ve found so far)… Note the first tag in that tumblr post: > [@](#): > > #(yes i know it’s a decade too early whatevs) The character Harriet Vane first appears in the Dorothy Sayer’s _Lord Wimsey_ series in 1930, hence the tag. This is just fan stuff incorporating the image. All the tumblr posts, including this one, use the same image that appeared on reddit. They all have the same blurring in the lower left hand corner ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2018, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-desperate-appeal-to-art-dopers-uk-dopers/823401/13 "2018-10-24T22:21:50Z")
I’m more interested than ever.