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Jack fell down and broke his crown and Jill came tumbling after.

Drawing
1896 (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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
Object type
Titles
  • Jack fell down and broke his crown and Jill came tumbling after. (assigned by artist)
  • Jack and Jill (popular title)
  • Nursery rhymes and fables. (manufacturer's title)
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 38of Nursery rhymes and fables, collected and illustrated by Walter Jenks Morgan. Illustrates the nursery rhyme Jack and Jill and depicts Jack falling on his crown with Jill following him. The pail of water is upturned.
Dimensions
  • Height: 19.6cm
  • Width: 15.5cm
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Jack fell down and broke his crown and Jill came tumbling after'. (Inscription in pencil on the illustration.)
  • 'Renier' and 'AR'. (Inscription in ink on the back of the illustration.)
  • 'AR' (Inscription in pencil on the front of the mount.)
  • Scribbles. (Scribbles in pencil on the back of the illustration.)
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.
Subject depicted
Literary references
  • <u>Jack and Jill.</u>
  • Nursery rhymes and fables, 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.
Other number
BA 383 - Previous Renier Collection pressmark
Collection
Library number
RENIER.27

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Record createdApril 4, 2005
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