Image

RISDM 82-289-49.tif

Kate Greenaway

Lady in Window

Description

Maker

Kate Greenaway (British, 1846-1901)

Title

Lady in Window
illustration in *Almanack for 1888*

Year

ca. 1884

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

watercolor

Supports

Dimensions

7.3 x 7 cm (2 7/8 x 2 3/4 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Daphne Peabody Murray

Object Number

82.289.49

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

The English Eye
British Painting from the 17th to the 19th Centuries; Contemporary British Art; Old Master British Drawings and Watercolors; British Picture Books for Children; Three Centuries of British Decorative Arts, Textiles, and Costume
Jun 21, 1991 – Sep 01, 1991

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Tombstone

Kate Greenaway (British, 1846-1901)
Lady in Window; illustration in *Almanack for 1888*, ca. 1884
Watercolor on paper
7.3 x 7 cm (2 7/8 x 2 3/4 inches)
Gift of Daphne Peabody Murray 82.289.49

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