Original drawings and illustrations

Title

Original drawings and illustrations

Shelfmark

MS. Opie 331

Summary

Folder 1: Blake, Quentin. Original coloured sketch of Sebastian Walker, founder of Walker Books, to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Walker Books, 1988, donated by Gillian Avery, with related letter from Walker's sister Mirabel Cecil to Gillian Avery, 1 Dec 1995.

Folder 2: Bye Baby Bunting. Water colour illustration, accompanied by handwritten version of the nursery rhyme, unsigned, n.d. [watermarked 1802]

Folder 3: Caldecott, Randolph. Six original sketches of seaside subjects, in pen and ink (faded), and Chinese white, n.d., donated by Abbott and Holder, with a related letter from Abbott and Holder, 24 Jan 1954, and sales list.

Folder 4: Caldecott, Randolph. Venetian sketchbook of pencil sketches, n.d. [The source of illustrations for 'A Visit to Venice', contained in 'Graphic pictures', Routledge, 1883]

Folder 5: Canziani, Estella. Greetings card of two winged children, signed by the artist, n.d. [early-20th century]

Folder 6: Carroll, Lewis. Tenniel's 'Alice reigns Supreme', an original pencil sketch for Punch by E.T. Reed, 1907.

Folder 7: Crane, Walter. Original water-colour of 'Where are you going to, my pretty maid?' from 'The baby's opera' p. 49, first published by Routledge in 1877.

Folder 8: Cruikshank, George. Two original pen and ink sketches prepared for the wood engraver, for use in Punch, 1869.

Folder 9: [Unidentified]. Hand-coloured engraving of a woman in Regency dress with her two children, gazing out to sea at a schooner under sail, n.d. [c.1820s?]

Folder 10: Folkard, Charles James. Pen, ink and colour-wash sketch of a dressed mouse confronting an angry animated thistle, n.d. [early-20th century]

Folder 11: Furniss, Harry. Self-portrait sketch in pen and ink titled 'a poor thing but mine own', n.d.

Folder 12: [Unidentified]. Two pencil drawings, signed H.E.P. 'The Raven King - Knight of the Kite's Foot - en Militaire' and 'The Raven Queen in her walking dress…', 1827.

Folder 13: [Unidentified]. Pen and ink sketch of a family pet 'Pluto: the dog of hearts', with a poem in his praise on the reverse, n.d.

Folder 14: Richmond, Legh. Picture constructed from sand from Alum Bay, Isle of Wight, showing the dairyman's daughter's house, from an evangelical tract, 'The Dairyman's Daughter', 1841.

Folder 15: Shute, E.L. Dummy paste-up copy, plus the original manuscript of 'Jappie-Chappie and How He loved a Dollie', London and New York: Frederick Warne & Co., c.1895.

Date

c.1802-1995

Language

English

Physical extent

1 box (15 folders)