Drawing
ca. 1900 (made)
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'The object is to place before children such pictures as are well drawn and well coloured and thus training the eye in infancy to discriminate and enjoy artistic work.'
Liberty Bazaar 1898
This nursery frieze was produced by illustrator and poster designer John Hassall for Liberty’s. The designs were part of a wider collaboration between John Hassall and fellow artist Cecil Aldin, ‘Art for the Nursery’, aimed at making the appearance of children's rooms more attractive. This resulted in an exhibition at The Fine Art Society in 1900, Pictures for Children.
These original designs would then have been printed as lithographs by Jellico and Co. to be fixed directly to the walls of children's nurseries.
Liberty Bazaar 1898
This nursery frieze was produced by illustrator and poster designer John Hassall for Liberty’s. The designs were part of a wider collaboration between John Hassall and fellow artist Cecil Aldin, ‘Art for the Nursery’, aimed at making the appearance of children's rooms more attractive. This resulted in an exhibition at The Fine Art Society in 1900, Pictures for Children.
These original designs would then have been printed as lithographs by Jellico and Co. to be fixed directly to the walls of children's nurseries.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Paint on paper |
| Brief description | An original artwork for a nursery frieze by John Hassall for Liberty's ca 1900, part of a set of six. |
| Physical description | Original artwork on brown paper. The images are hand drawn and painted in a simplistic manner, bright in bold solid colours, with distinctive dark outlines. There is a line of horizon drawn two thirds of the way up and a dotting of trees along this line. In the foreground of this images are two children, the first child wears a white sailor suit and pulls along a wheeled ship. The second child wears grey top, shorts, knee high socks and shoes and pulls along two toy soldiers on horseback, he is also carrying a sword over his shoulder. The artwork is stretched on canvas and framed. |
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| Production type | Artist's proof |
| Credit line | Purchased with Art Fund support |
| Object history | These friezes were displayed at the Leighton House Centenary John Hassall exhibition in 1968 and British Murals & Decorative Painting 1910 to 1970 at The Fine Art Society in 2013. The freizes were held by a family member David Cuppleditch until 1999 and have since been in a private collection. A set of the prints were also held in the Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture. |
| Summary | 'The object is to place before children such pictures as are well drawn and well coloured and thus training the eye in infancy to discriminate and enjoy artistic work.' Liberty Bazaar 1898 This nursery frieze was produced by illustrator and poster designer John Hassall for Liberty’s. The designs were part of a wider collaboration between John Hassall and fellow artist Cecil Aldin, ‘Art for the Nursery’, aimed at making the appearance of children's rooms more attractive. This resulted in an exhibition at The Fine Art Society in 1900, Pictures for Children. These original designs would then have been printed as lithographs by Jellico and Co. to be fixed directly to the walls of children's nurseries. |
| Bibliographic reference | The World of The Nursery
p.77 |
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| Accession number | B.4-2014 |
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| Record created | February 18, 2014 |
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