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A collection of 81 Greeting Cards designed by or in the manner of Kate Greenaway
Most published by Marcus Ward of London in the 1870s and 1880s. Various sizes (2 1/2 x 2 to 7 x 5 inches; 60 x 50 to 175 x 125 mm). Chromolithographs. Condition : Generally minor soiling and some chipping. Preserved (unmounted) in an album, with typed identification tags. an excellent collection of ephemera by the formost woman children’s illustrator the late 19th century . Kate Greenaway was the first important woman artist to earn her living primarily as a children’s book illustrator. She created a revolution in children’s clothing by reviving the earlier simpler, more graceful Empire style of dress in her popular illustrations. “The Greenaway child--an angelic round-faced infant or maiden dressed in long muslin gown--has received international attention and even today is revered by British, American, French, German and Scandinavian not to mention Japanese collectors” (“The Myth of Kate Greenaway ” Schuster & Engen p 9). But the public first noticed her “K. G.” on her charming greeting cards for Christmas, New Year’s Day, Valentine’s Day and other occasions. Her work was widely imitated and pirated both in England and abroad. Includes some variants of the same design as well as 7 American trade cards taken from illustrations in Greenaway’s Under the Window (1879), Schuster & Engen 337; 4 rewards of manner in the manner of Greenaway, Schuster & Engen 293; 2 Mother Goose greeting cards in the manner of Greenaway and signed “A. R.”, Schuster & Engen 564; and 1 American trade card after Greenaway’s girl with badminton set. Full description available on request. [WITH:] Printed Kate Greenaway A Catalogue Raisonné . By Thomas E. Schuster and Rodney K. Engen. London: T. E. Schuster, 1986. first edition . 8vo (10 x 7 1/2 inches; 255 x 190mm). Gilt-lettered cloth, with original color printed dust jacket. Condition : Fine; erratum slip affixed in front.