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RISDM 82-289-50.tif

Kate Greenaway

Boy Fishing

Description

Maker

Kate Greenaway (British, 1846-1901)

Title

Boy Fishing
August illustration in *Almanack for 1883*

Year

1883

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

pen and ink

Supports

Dimensions

5.7 x 7 cm (2 1/4 x 2 3/4 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Daphne Peabody Murray

Object Number

82.289.50

Type

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Draw Me a Story
Illustration from the Permanent Collection
Apr 14, 2006 – Jul 23, 2006

Label copy

Kate Greenaway was a prolific illustrator whose vision of childhood was original and consistent. Comely children with regular features, devoid of emotion, immaculately groomed and dressed in 18th-century costume inhabit her idyllic country world. Greenaway wrote that “old-fashioned things are always very pleasing to me.” Greenaway produced a yearly almanac from 1883 to 1895 and is responsible for numerous children’s books for which she often composed poetry in addition to creating the illustrations.

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Tombstone

Kate Greenaway (British, 1846-1901)
Boy Fishing; August illustration in *Almanack for 1883*, 1883
pen and ink on off-white, medium weight wove paper
5.7 x 7 cm (2 1/4 x 2 3/4 inches)
Gift of Daphne Peabody Murray 82.289.50

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