The First Violet
Illustration
ca.1891 (painted)
ca.1891 (painted)
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| Place of origin |
Ernest Nister (1842-1909) began his publishing career in 1885 when he acquired a lithographic workshop in Nürnberg and printed books for London publishers. In 1888 he became a publisher in his own right with offices at 24 St. Bride Street, London. He appointed the writer and editor, Robert Ellice Mack, as director.
Nister specialised in high quality colour printing for children in the last quarter of the 19th century. Movable books with various mechanisms became his speciality after 1890 (when be published his first stand-up book) but he also produced numerous picture books, annuals, poetry, nursery rhymes, calendars and greetings cards. He worked with a core of writers, including Clifton Bingham and Robert Ellice Mack, and illustrators such as Eveline Lance, Harriett M. Bennett, Edith A. Cubitt and Rosa Petherick.
Harriett M. Bennett's watercolour drawing, 'The First Violet', illustrates verses by Edith Nesbit in Old Father Time and his Twelve Children, edited by Robert Ellice Mack and published by Ernest Nister, ca.1891.
Nister specialised in high quality colour printing for children in the last quarter of the 19th century. Movable books with various mechanisms became his speciality after 1890 (when be published his first stand-up book) but he also produced numerous picture books, annuals, poetry, nursery rhymes, calendars and greetings cards. He worked with a core of writers, including Clifton Bingham and Robert Ellice Mack, and illustrators such as Eveline Lance, Harriett M. Bennett, Edith A. Cubitt and Rosa Petherick.
Harriett M. Bennett's watercolour drawing, 'The First Violet', illustrates verses by Edith Nesbit in Old Father Time and his Twelve Children, edited by Robert Ellice Mack and published by Ernest Nister, ca.1891.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | <u>The First Violet</u> (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Watercolour on card |
| Brief description | Watercolour drawing by Harriett M. Bennett, entitled 'The First Violet', published alongside verses by E. Nesbit in 'Old Father Time and his Twelve Children', edited by Robert Ellice Mack and published by Ernest Nister, ca. 1891. |
| Physical description | Watercolour drawing on stiff card of a little girl on a woodland path kneeled down picking a flower. With the lower parts of trees in the background at the top of the path and steps down created with horizontal tree trunks. The little girl wears a straw hat, violet coloured dress and white pinafore. Image incorporates part-frame in the background. Mounted on card. |
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| Production type | Unique |
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| Credit line | Donated by Anne Renier and F.G. Renier. |
| Object history | Drawn by Harriett M. Bennett in ca.1891 amd published in Old Father Time and his Twelve Children, edited by Robert Ellice Mack and published by Ernest Nister, ca.1891. Bequeathed to the V&A in 1970 by Anne and Fernand G. Renier as part of the Renier Collection. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | Ernest Nister (1842-1909) began his publishing career in 1885 when he acquired a lithographic workshop in Nürnberg and printed books for London publishers. In 1888 he became a publisher in his own right with offices at 24 St. Bride Street, London. He appointed the writer and editor, Robert Ellice Mack, as director. Nister specialised in high quality colour printing for children in the last quarter of the 19th century. Movable books with various mechanisms became his speciality after 1890 (when be published his first stand-up book) but he also produced numerous picture books, annuals, poetry, nursery rhymes, calendars and greetings cards. He worked with a core of writers, including Clifton Bingham and Robert Ellice Mack, and illustrators such as Eveline Lance, Harriett M. Bennett, Edith A. Cubitt and Rosa Petherick. Harriett M. Bennett's watercolour drawing, 'The First Violet', illustrates verses by Edith Nesbit in Old Father Time and his Twelve Children, edited by Robert Ellice Mack and published by Ernest Nister, ca.1891. |
| Other number | Nister - Previous Renier Collection pressmark |
| Collection | |
| Library number | RENIER.248 |
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| Record created | February 15, 2008 |
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