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Cover illustration to Jack and Jill: a Magazine for Church Boys and Girls

Illustration
11/1925 (made)
Artist/Maker
St. Christopher Press (publisher)
Carré, Muriel H. (artist)
Place of origin
London (made)

Jack and Jill: a Magazine for Church Boys and Girls was a monthly penny magazine containing stories and articles for children. It was published by the St. Christopher Press at 13 Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street, London, and edited by Doris H. Dent, a writer on the Christian religion.


Object details

Categories
Drawings
Illustration
National Art Library
Object type
Illustration
Titles
  • Cover illustration to <u>Jack and Jill: a Magazine for Church Boys and Girls</u> (generic title)
  • Design for cover of "Jack and Jill" (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Pen and ink on card
Pen and Ink
Card
Drawing
Brief description
Pen and ink drawing by Muriel H. Carré, November 1925; cover design for 'Jack and Jill: a Magazine for Church Boys and Girls'.
Physical description
Pen and ink design for a magazine cover depicting a boy (Jack) and girl (Jill) carrying a bucket between them up a hill. The boy points to something ahead of him. With countryside and a church in the background. Box for text in bottom left corner. Title, 'JACK AND JILL', across top of drawing; subtitle, 'A MAGAZINE FOR CHURCH BOYS & GIRLS', across bottom of drawing. The drawing incorporates the artist's name and date in the bottom right corner: 'Muriel Carré 1925'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 475mm
  • Width: 369mm
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'BRISTOL / BOARD' (Blind stamp at top right corner)
  • 'Pence' or 'Price' (Pencil annotation in text box of drawing)
  • '-----6"------' (Pencil note under image)
  • '[?] flush at front' (Pencil annotation below drawing)
  • '8x6' ['8x' crossed though] (Pencil note below drawing)
  • 'Design for cover of "Jack and Jill" by Muriel H. Carré, Nov : 1925' (Ink inscription below drawing)
  • 'In space provided for print - put "Contents" - and in double line / A Magazine for Church boys and girls. / One Penny / Below again S. Christopher Press'. (Ink annotation below drawing)
  • Pin holes in corner
  • 'From the Library of Anne Renier and F.G. Renier'. (Bookplate on verso)
  • 'AR' (Initalled by Anne Renier in ink on verso)
  • 'Muriel H. Carré / 1 Redcliffe Street / S:W:10' (Ink inscription in box on verso)
  • Musical notation and extensive pencil notes on verso
Credit line
Donated by Anne Renier and F.G. Renier.
Object history
Drawn by Muriel H. Carré for St. Christopher Press in November 1925. Bequeathed to the V&A in 1970 by Anne and Fernand G. Renier as part of the Renier Collection.
Subjects depicted
Boys
Girls
Buckets (Vessels)
Hills
Churches
Magazines (Periodicals)
Summary
Jack and Jill: a Magazine for Church Boys and Girls was a monthly penny magazine containing stories and articles for children. It was published by the St. Christopher Press at 13 Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street, London, and edited by Doris H. Dent, a writer on the Christian religion.
Other number
BA Sequence - Previous Renier Collection pressmark
Collection
National Art Library
Library number
RENIER.394

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Record createdMarch 19, 2008
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O147832/cover-illustration-to-ujack-and-illustration-carré-muriel-h/
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