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The King was in his counting-house counting out his money

Print
1896. (printed and published)
Artist/Maker
Morgan, Walter Jenks (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (printed and published)

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

Categories
Books
Illustration
Children & Childhood
National Art Library
Object type
Print
Titles
  • The King was in his counting-house counting out his money (assigned by artist)
  • Sing a song of sixpence (popular title)
  • Nursery rhymes and fables. (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
photo-engraving
Line Photoengraving
Photo-Engraving
Brief description
Colour line photoengraving 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. The King is in his counting-house counting out his money.
Dimensions
  • Height: 17cm
  • Width: 13.3cm
Production typeMass produced
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'W.J.M.' (Artist's signature on bottom left of line photoengraved illustration.)
  • 'Renier' and 'AR' (Written in ink on the back of the illustration.)
  • 'AR' (Written in pencil on the back of the mount.)
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.
Subjects depicted
Kings
Money
Literary references
  • <u>Sing a song of sixpence</u>.
  • <u>Nursery rhymes and fables</u> collected and illustrated by Walter Jenks Morgan and published in London by the Christian Knowledge Society, 1896.
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.19 (Study for)
Other number
BA 383 - Previous Renier Collection pressmark
Collection
National Art Library
Library number
RENIER.20

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Record createdApril 4, 2005
Record URL
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