3100482 "He soon found many of his former cronies, though all rather the worse for the wear and tear of time.", from Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving, pub. 1910 (colour litho) by Rackham, Arthur (1867-1939); Private Collection; (add.info.: "Rip Van Winkle" is a short story by the American author Washington Irving (1783-1859) published in 1819; It is is set in the years before and after the American Revolutionary War;); The Stapleton Collection; English, out of copyright.