HANCOCK, John (British, fl. 1915-1920). Original Watercolor from ?Come Unto These Yellow Sands" by Margaret Woods (1855-1945), ?Sir Gort's Ducking." [London, ca. 1915]. Original watercolor of a man falling into water with a large splash, surrounded by numerous female water fairies attempting to catch him ? two bemused fish watch at lower right. Signed at upper right. Sight approximately 12 ? x 9 ?". Matted and framed under plexiglass. Frame size approximately 21 ? x 17 ?". A few tiny soil spots. Fine. Offered with: [HANCOCK, J., illustrator]. WOODS, Margaret. ?Come Unto These Yellow Sands". London: John Lane, 1915. Small 4to. Illustrated with 16 full-page color illustrations and several black and white intertextual images. 234 pp. Publisher's full blue decorated cloth (spine sunned, soiled, some edgewear, some toning, thumbsoiling in text). Very good. FIRST EDITION. Hancock was a child prodigy who was described as ?a painting Shelley?" Little is known about him, and this is believed to be the only book he illustrated. ?Poet, illustrator and mystic. Born in England and studied at St. John's Wood Art School. His later watercolor paintings are of imagery given to him in a vision. He was diagnosed with Bright's Disease, and took his life at the age of 22." (Horne, Dictionary of 20th Century British Book Illustrators, p. 236). Due to his few active years and tragic early death, artwork by him is exceedingly rare. Not examined out of frame. From the Collection of Louis A. Irmo.