The Illustrators - The British Art of Illustration 1800-2007

24 November 2007 - 5 January 2008

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WARWICK GOBLE (1862-1943)

KARMA   

KATE GREENAWAY, RI (1846-1901)

STUDY FOR THE ALMANACK FOR 1888 LAURA THE FAN
THE STARTLED LOOK TEARS  

KATHLEEN HALE, OBE (1898-2000)

SHE SLOWLY DREW THE KITTENS'S ELEVENSES FROM HER POCKET ORLANDO CALLED THE NURSES WHO CLUSTERED AROUND THE CATS BEFORE LONG THE TAXI DREW UP AT  A LARGE EDIFICE WITH 'FOR SALE' ON IT
THIS PATIENT, GRACE REMINDED ORLANDO AS THEY APPROACHED 
FROM THE FOURTH BED, IS SUFFERING FROM A BROKEN HEART THE TASTER ARRIVED. HE WAS A NICE BOY, THOUGH ORLANDO THOUGHT HE 
LOOKED AS IF BUTTER WOULDN'T MELT IN HIS MOUTH THE END
WHAT A CHARMING SCENE GREETED THEM!   

FLORENCE HARRISON (Active 1887-1937)

THE RHYME OF A RUN SO LITTLE FEET FLED TO THE TOWN INSTEAD,
AND CLIMBED THE OLD CHURCH SPIRE THE BIG SCARE-CROW CRIED, 'BO, HO, HO!'
WE'LL PECK YOUR LITTLE BROWN LEGS MOTHER MALLOON QUOTH, 'I DON'T KNOW.' HER HAIR WAS LONG, BUT IT STOOD UPRIGHT
PEEP IN A TENT
AND SEE WHAT WASN'T THERE AND THERE SHE FOUND THE BEAR AND HIS WIFE OH! GAY, GAY IS THEIR WILD PLAY
'WHAT DO YOU DO THERE BLOWING
 UP IN THE STARRY WASTE?'
'I SET THE CLOUDS A-SNOWING
 OVER THE WORLD IN HASTE.' MARIGOLD MARY'S HAIR WAS GOLD,
HER HAIR WAS LONG, BUT IT STOOD UPRIGHT,
TILL SHE LOOKED, TO THAT OLD AND BALD KOBOLD,
LIKE A TORCH ALIGHT ON A WINDY NIGHT THE PIPER
CONTENTS RECOLLECTIONS OF THE ARABIAN NIGHTS THE POET IN A GOLDEN CLIME WAS BORN
WITH GOLDEN STARS ABOVE
LOVE AND DEATH LIST OF COLOURED PLATES HOLDING A SASH
THE GARDENER'S DAUGHTER   

 

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