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Kate Greenaway

Girl with Garland of Flowers

Description

Maker

Kate Greenaway (British, 1846-1901)

Title

Girl with Garland of Flowers

Year

ca. 1880-1890

Medium

Pen and ink on paper

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Pen and ink on paper

Materials

pen and ink

Supports

paper

Dimensions

4.4 x 2.9 cm (1 3/4 x 1 1/8 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Daphne Peabody Murray

Object Number

82.289.48A

Type

Drawings and Watercolors

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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Kate Greenaway (British, 1846-1901)

Girl with Garland of Flowers, ca. 1880-1890

Pen and ink on paper

4.4 x 2.9 cm (1 3/4 x 1 1/8 inches)

Gift of Daphne Peabody Murray 82.289.48A

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