Gay Way Nursery Rhyme Pictures
Print
c 1950 (published)
c 1950 (published)
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This series of Nursery Rhyme Pictures was produced by Macmillan & Co. to support the Gay Way reading scheme. They were displayed in Winsor School, East Ham, in the 1960s.
The series was edited by Ella Ruth Boyce, a prolific writer for children and long-term collaborator with the educational publishers.
The series was edited by Ella Ruth Boyce, a prolific writer for children and long-term collaborator with the educational publishers.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 34 parts.
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| Title | Gay Way Nursery Rhyme Pictures (manufacturer's title) |
| Materials and techniques | Colour prints on paper |
| Brief description | Educational Prints; Series of colour prints, from Gay Way Nursery Rhyme Pictures, edited by E R Boyce, published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd. in England, c 1950 |
| Physical description | Each sheet features a full-colour print with a plain border, with the title printed at the bottom. The brightly coloured illustrations depict a single scene from each nursery rhyme, drawn in a cartoon-like, linear style, painted with bright primary colours. |
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| Production type | Mass produced |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'Boyce: Gay Way Series - Nursery Rhyme Pictures
Macmillan & Co Ltd' (Printed at the bottom of each poster) |
| Credit line | Given by Nicholas Munns |
| Object history | These prints were used at Winsor School, East Ham. The series was designed to support the Gay Way reading course for primary school children. This long-standing course of handbooks, reading books and posters offered a developmental approach to reading and gradually introduced new vocabulary to the young reader. The donor was a teacher at this school in the mid-1980s, by which time the posters had been put in storage and considered 'far too dated'. |
| Summary | This series of Nursery Rhyme Pictures was produced by Macmillan & Co. to support the Gay Way reading scheme. They were displayed in Winsor School, East Ham, in the 1960s. The series was edited by Ella Ruth Boyce, a prolific writer for children and long-term collaborator with the educational publishers. |
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| Accession number | B.403:1 to 34-2012 |
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| Record created | September 14, 2012 |
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