'Discontented Jumbo'
Illustration
ca.1914 (made)
ca.1914 (made)
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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, in particular Eveline Lance, Lizzie Lawson, Harriett M. Bennett, Edith A. Cubitt and Rosa Petherick.
This illustration by Rosa C. Petherick accompanies a story entitled 'Discontented Jumbo' by L.L.W. in Stories For All Times (no. 3929), published in London by Ernest Nister and in New York by E.P. Dutton & Co., ca.1914.
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, Lizzie Lawson, Harriett M. Bennett, Edith A. Cubitt and Rosa Petherick.
This illustration by Rosa C. Petherick accompanies a story entitled 'Discontented Jumbo' by L.L.W. in Stories For All Times (no. 3929), published in London by Ernest Nister and in New York by E.P. Dutton & Co., ca.1914.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | 'Discontented Jumbo' (manufacturer's title) |
| Materials and techniques | Watercolour on card |
| Brief description | Watercolour drawing by Rosa C. Petherick, ca.1914; commissioned by Ernest Nister. |
| Physical description | Watercolour drawing on stiff card of a little girl wearing a blue and white dress, pulling an elephant on wheels. The girl is pretending to give elephant rides to her dolls. A sign on an upside down plant-pot in the background reads: 'RIDES / 1d'. A group of dolls and a teddy bear sit on top of the elephant. Partial view of the outside of a white house and a potted shrub in the background and a garden bench with a doll sitting on it. 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 Rosa C. Petherick ca.1914 for Ernest Nister. 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, in particular Eveline Lance, Lizzie Lawson, Harriett M. Bennett, Edith A. Cubitt and Rosa Petherick. This illustration by Rosa C. Petherick accompanies a story entitled 'Discontented Jumbo' by L.L.W. in Stories For All Times (no. 3929), published in London by Ernest Nister and in New York by E.P. Dutton & Co., ca.1914. |
| Other number | Nister - Previous Renier Collection pressmark |
| Collection | |
| Library number | RENIER.342 |
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| Record created | March 3, 2008 |
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