Book Illustration
1880 (made)
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The Birthday Book for Children was published in 1880. It had 12 colour and 350 tiny black and white illustrations like this one, with verses by Sale Barker. Kate Greenaway is known for her drawings and watercolour illustrations of quaint children in bonnets, sailor suits and pinafore dresses. She drew from life and made the clothes worn by her models. Her career took off around 1877 when Edmund Evans, a well known printer of children's books, risked printing large numbers of a book of her verses and illustrations. Despite being sold at six shillings instead of six pence, Under the Window still sold out at Christmas in 1878. Under the Window and The Birthday Book established a following for Kate Greenaway almanacs and calendars for the next 20 years. As with Beatrix Potter, the enthusiasm for her characters was exploited through the sale of dolls, wallpaper, fabrics, christening sets and clothes.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Pen and ink on paper |
| Brief description | Book illustration to Kate Greenaway's Birthday Book for Children, drawing of a girl holding a baby, in pen and ink on paper, by Kate Greenaway, 1880. |
| Physical description | Line drawing of a girl in bonnet and long patterned dress and apron. She is holding a baby against her right shoulder. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Henry Herbert Harrod |
| Object history | Bequeathed to the museum by Henry Herbert Harrod. |
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| Summary | The Birthday Book for Children was published in 1880. It had 12 colour and 350 tiny black and white illustrations like this one, with verses by Sale Barker. Kate Greenaway is known for her drawings and watercolour illustrations of quaint children in bonnets, sailor suits and pinafore dresses. She drew from life and made the clothes worn by her models. Her career took off around 1877 when Edmund Evans, a well known printer of children's books, risked printing large numbers of a book of her verses and illustrations. Despite being sold at six shillings instead of six pence, Under the Window still sold out at Christmas in 1878. Under the Window and The Birthday Book established a following for Kate Greenaway almanacs and calendars for the next 20 years. As with Beatrix Potter, the enthusiasm for her characters was exploited through the sale of dolls, wallpaper, fabrics, christening sets and clothes. |
| Bibliographic reference | Greenaway, Kate. Kate Greenaway's Birthday Book for Children. London, George Routledge and Sons, (1880) |
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| Accession number | E.727-1948 |
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| Record created | January 6, 2004 |
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