The King was in the counting-house.
Drawing
1896 (drawn)
1896 (drawn)
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Walter Jenks Morgan (1847-1924) was an illustrator and genre painter. Born at Bilston, and educated at Sir Robert Peel's School, Tamworth, Morgan moved to Birmingham and became apprenticed to a lithographer. He studied at the Birmingham School of Art and the Birmingham Society of Artists and produced illustrations for several magazines, including The Graphic and Illustrated London News. He exhibited widely, including at the Royal Academy, the New Watercolour Society and the Royal Society of British Artists, and he became President of both the Birmingham Art Circle and the Midlands Art Club.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Pencil on paper |
| Brief description | Pencil drawing by Walter Jenks Morgan. Illustration for 'Nursery rhymes and fables', collected and illustrated by Walter Jenks Morgan, published in London by the Christian Knowledge Society, 1896. |
| Physical description | Illustration for colour bookplate on page 23 of Nursery rhymes and fables, collected and illustrated by Walter Jenks Morgan. Illustrates the nursery rhyme ' Sing a song of sixpence, and depicts a King in a counting-house counting out his money. |
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| Production type | Unique |
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| Credit line | Donated by Anne Renier and F.G. Renier. |
| Object history | Bequeathed to the V&A in 1970 by Anne and Fernand G. Renier as part of the Renier Collection. |
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| Summary | Walter Jenks Morgan (1847-1924) was an illustrator and genre painter. Born at Bilston, and educated at Sir Robert Peel's School, Tamworth, Morgan moved to Birmingham and became apprenticed to a lithographer. He studied at the Birmingham School of Art and the Birmingham Society of Artists and produced illustrations for several magazines, including The Graphic and Illustrated London News. He exhibited widely, including at the Royal Academy, the New Watercolour Society and the Royal Society of British Artists, and he became President of both the Birmingham Art Circle and the Midlands Art Club. |
| Associated object | RENIER.20 (Version) |
| Other number | BA 383 - Previous Renier Collection pressmark |
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| Library number | RENIER.19 |
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| Record created | April 4, 2005 |
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