Hickory Dickory Dock
Drawing
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.
Eddie J. Andrews's watercolour drawing illustrating the nursery rhyme, Hickory Dickory Dock was published as the cover illustration to A Book for Little People: Nursery Rhymes and Pictures (no. 914), published in London by Ernest Nister and in New York by E. P. Dutton & Co., c.1895.
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.
Eddie J. Andrews's watercolour drawing illustrating the nursery rhyme, Hickory Dickory Dock was published as the cover illustration to A Book for Little People: Nursery Rhymes and Pictures (no. 914), published in London by Ernest Nister and in New York by E. P. Dutton & Co., c.1895.
Object details
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| Title | <u>Hickory Dickory Dock</u> (popular title) |
| Materials and techniques | Watercolour on card |
| Brief description | Watercolour drawing by Eddie J. Andrews depicting the nursery rhyme 'Hickory Dickory Dock'; published by Ernest Nister, ca. 1895. |
| Physical description | Watercolour drawing by Eddie J. Andrews of three girls standing in front of a long-case clock watching a mouse in the process of jumping down from the clock. The time on the clock is one o'clock. The background is yellow, orange and red. 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 Eddie J. Andrews ca.1895 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 such as Eveline Lance, Harriett M. Bennett, Edith A. Cubitt and Rosa Petherick. Eddie J. Andrews's watercolour drawing illustrating the nursery rhyme, Hickory Dickory Dock was published as the cover illustration to A Book for Little People: Nursery Rhymes and Pictures (no. 914), published in London by Ernest Nister and in New York by E. P. Dutton & Co., c.1895. |
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| Library number | RENIER.381 |
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| Record created | March 19, 2008 |
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