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The town mouse and the country mouse.

Drawing
1916-1928 (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Morgan, Walter Jenks (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (drawn)

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
Drawing
TitleThe town mouse and the country mouse. (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Pencil on paper
Paper
Pencil
Drawing (Image Making)
Brief description
Pencil drawing by Walter Jenks Morgan illustrating the fable 'The country mouse and the town mouse', 1916-1928.
Physical description
Illustration for the fable The town mouse and the country mouse featuring two mice eating food in the country and a scene in which the two mice jump down in terror from a table laden with food at the sight of a cat.
Dimensions
  • Height: 20cm
  • Width: 33cm
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
  • The town mouse and the country mouse (Inscription in pencil on the illustration.)
  • Scribbles. (Scribbles in pencil on the back of the illustration.)
  • 'W.J.M.' (Artist's signature in pencil on the front 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
Mice
Literary reference<u>The town mouse and the country mouse.</u>
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.24 (Set)
Other number
BA 383 - Previous Renier Collection pressmark
Collection
National Art Library
Library number
RENIER.47

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Record createdApril 11, 2005
Record URL
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