Image

Kate Greenaway

Almanac, 1888

Description

Maker

Title

Almanac

Year

1888

Medium

Letterpress and color wood engravings

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Supports

Dimensions

10.2 x 7.6 x 0.6 cm (4 x 3 x 5/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

On envelope, in pen and brown ink:"ALMANACK FOR 1884 BY KATE GREENAWAY . . ."

Identification

State

Volume: I-XIV

Place

London; England

Type

Credit

Gift of Daphne Peabody Murray

Object Number

84.029.6

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Draw Me a Story

April 14 - July 23, 2006

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.

Use

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