Book Illustration
1978 (made)
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This illustration by Stephen Ryan is for the only children's book written by Thomas Keneally. Published in 1978, and called Ned Kelly and the City of Bees, this story is about a ten year old boy who is shrunk so that he can live in a hive for the summer and learn about the life of bees. The image is made up of tiny lines, cross-hatching and zig-zags of an intensity that almost buzzes like the bees in the story.
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| Materials and techniques | Pen and ink and some scraper-work on board |
| Brief description | Book illustration to Ned Kelly and the City of Bees, Ned Kelly organizing the drones to type a letter, by Thomas Keneally, in pen and ink, 1978. |
| Physical description | Monochrome illustration composed of lines and dots showing part of a typewriter. A boy sits on the T key. Below is a cluster of bees the same size as the boy. At the bottom of the image a girl in wringlets kneels facing a bee as though in conversation. |
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| Summary | This illustration by Stephen Ryan is for the only children's book written by Thomas Keneally. Published in 1978, and called Ned Kelly and the City of Bees, this story is about a ten year old boy who is shrunk so that he can live in a hive for the summer and learn about the life of bees. The image is made up of tiny lines, cross-hatching and zig-zags of an intensity that almost buzzes like the bees in the story. |
| Bibliographic reference | Keneally, Thomas. Ned Kelly and the City of Bees. London, Jonathan Cape, 1978. |
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| Accession number | E.412-1982 |
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| Record created | January 8, 2004 |
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