Original drawings and illustrations
MS. Opie 333
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Original drawings and illustrations
Shelfmark
MS. Opie 333
Summary
Folder 1: Drawings by children. Pen and ink drawing of two men in a hot air balloon, one smoking a pipe and the other holding a telescope, n.d.; ink drawing / caricature of soldiers in uniform, accompanying note on envelope says 'Drawn in five minutes, and without aid, by a small Indian boy (Arun Seal) aged 11 1/2 years, 14 Dec 1941.
Folder 2: Doll dressing books paste-ups, including booklet of drawings in pen and ink and watercolour of little girl called May, dressed in different outfits; pencil drawings of paper doll dress-up clothes, n.d.
Folder 3: Artists' picture book paste-ups, including: 'The kitten who would not wash his face'[?]; 'Clara Bunny and the Three Silver Rabbits'; 'Monkeys'; 'The Little Forest House'; No title [man in pyjamas and dressing gown on cover]; No title [nursery rhyme booklet]; No title [puzzle book, cover shows three chimps at a table]; 'Nursery Rhymes'; 'Reggie Rabbit'; 'Tiger Tim'; 'Peckaway Pete'; 'Things To Make: Two - Let's Have Fun'; 'Teddy Bear'; 'The Lost Necklace'; 'Thumbelina'; 'Toyland Painting Book', n.d.
Folder 4: Publishers' picture book paste-ups, including: 'Summer Sprees' (original drawings, unbound); 'Winter Joys' (original drawings, unbound); 'Bessy Bunny's Baby Brother'; 'Just For Fun', n.d.
Folder 5: Shaped books and moveables, including: pop-up book suggestions for five nursery rhymes; four farm animal booklets; 'Whisker's Birthday'; shaped book suggestion 'Betsy Bunny' (dress-up); 'Nursery Rhymes' booklet (with Little Jack Horner on cover); Tiger Tim [?]; 'Look What Is Inside' by Vivienne Blake (printed); 'Outside and Inside the House' by Graham Bernbach (printed), n.d.
Folder 6: Tracing and colouring books paste-ups, including: cover illustrations 'Country Life', 'Summer-Time', 'Fairyland'; 'Funny Faces' and 'Fairy Tales' booklets, n.d.
Folder 7: Miscellaneous, including 'The Favourite Tracing Slate'; 'Good News' Christening invitation; two 'Sticky Backs' novelty picture puzzle books; 'Space Disc Gun' design in pencil on tracing paper; 'Dotty the Clown - A Game for all the Family' design on card, n.d.
Date
n.d. [c. mid 20th Century]
Language
English
Physical extent
1 box (7 folders)
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Collection contents
Archive of Iona and Peter Opie
Collected material and miscellaneous
Historic childhood and children's book ephemera
Original drawings and illustrations
