The New Dolly
Illustration
ca.1895 (painted)
ca.1895 (painted)
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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 New Dolly', illustrates a poem entitled 'A Birthday Present', by Helen Marion Burnside, in Buttercups and Daisies: a story book with coloured pictures, published by Ernest Nister, ca.1895. The illustration also appears in another Nister publication, The Talking Toys; a volume of stories (c.1894), edited by Robert Ellice Mack and illustrated by Harriett M. Bennett.
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 New Dolly', illustrates a poem entitled 'A Birthday Present', by Helen Marion Burnside, in Buttercups and Daisies: a story book with coloured pictures, published by Ernest Nister, ca.1895. The illustration also appears in another Nister publication, The Talking Toys; a volume of stories (c.1894), edited by Robert Ellice Mack and illustrated by Harriett M. Bennett.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Watercolour on card |
| Brief description | Watercolour drawing by Harriett M. Bennett entitled 'The New Dolly', produced to accompany 'A Birthday Present' by Helen Marion Burnside in 'Buttercups and Daisies: a storybook with coloured pictures', published by Ernest Nister, ca. 1895. |
| Physical description | Watercolour drawing on stiff card of a little girl kneeling on the floor holding a doll. The girl has dark brown hair tied back with a red ribbon and wears a pink dress and white pinafore; the doll has blond hair and wears a white dress with blue ribbons. A wooden chair is in the background behind the girl. In front of the girl on the floor is a box with its lid removed and placed next to it. There is white wrapping paper within the box and brown wrapping paper and string lying underneath the box - the girl has just removed the doll (perhaps a present) from the box. 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. 1895 and published to accompany 'A Birthday Present' by Helen Marion Burnside in Buttercups and Daisies: a story book with coloured pictures, published by Ernest Nister, ca. 1895. Bequeathed to the V&A in 1970 by Anne and Fernand G. Renier as part of the Renier Collection. |
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| 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 New Dolly', illustrates a poem entitled 'A Birthday Present', by Helen Marion Burnside, in Buttercups and Daisies: a story book with coloured pictures, published by Ernest Nister, ca.1895. The illustration also appears in another Nister publication, The Talking Toys; a volume of stories (c.1894), edited by Robert Ellice Mack and illustrated by Harriett M. Bennett. |
| Other number | Nister - Previous Renier Collection pressmark |
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| Library number | RENIER.249 |
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| Record created | February 18, 2008 |
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