See-saw Margery Daw
Illustration
ca.1890 (made)
ca.1890 (made)
Artist/Maker | |
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, in particular Eveline Lance, Harriett M. Bennett, Edith A. Cubitt and Rosa Petherick.
E. Heatly's illustration was published in London by Ernest Nister in Sing a Song of Sixpence (no. 561), ca.1890. It accompanies the popular nursery rhyme, 'See-saw Margery Daw'
'See-saw Margery Daw,
Jenny shall have a new master;
She shall have but a penny a day,
Because she can't work any faster.'
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, in particular Eveline Lance, Harriett M. Bennett, Edith A. Cubitt and Rosa Petherick.
E. Heatly's illustration was published in London by Ernest Nister in Sing a Song of Sixpence (no. 561), ca.1890. It accompanies the popular nursery rhyme, 'See-saw Margery Daw'
'See-saw Margery Daw,
Jenny shall have a new master;
She shall have but a penny a day,
Because she can't work any faster.'
Object details
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Object type | |
Title | <u>See-saw Margery Daw</u> (popular title) |
Materials and techniques | Watercolour on card |
Brief description | Watercolour drawing by E. Heatly, ca.1890; commissioned by Ernest Nister. |
Physical description | Watercolour drawing of a boy and girl playing on a see-saw made from a plank of wood over a log. The little boy is on the right of the drawing wearing a blue dress and hat with a feather. The girl is on the left of the drawing wearing a white dress with a pink ribbon and a pink spotted cap. 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 E. Heatly ca.1890. 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, in particular Eveline Lance, Harriett M. Bennett, Edith A. Cubitt and Rosa Petherick. E. Heatly's illustration was published in London by Ernest Nister in Sing a Song of Sixpence (no. 561), ca.1890. It accompanies the popular nursery rhyme, 'See-saw Margery Daw' 'See-saw Margery Daw, Jenny shall have a new master; She shall have but a penny a day, Because she can't work any faster.' |
Other number | Nister - Previous Renier Collection pressmark |
Collection | |
Library number | RENIER.301 |
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Record created | February 26, 2008 |
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