A group of four charming picture tiles
of children playing designed by and with rhymes
by Kate Greenaway. Painted by an unknown hand on
Mintons tiles the pictures adapted from Under
the Window Greenaway's first both written and
illustrated book.
From Wikipedia:
Under the Window: Pictures & Rhymes for
Children (London, 1879) was Kate Greenaway's
first children's picture book, composed of her
own verses and illustrations. Selling over
100,000 copies, the toy book was a commercial
success, helped launch Greenaway's career as a
children's book illustrator and author in the
late 19th century as well as starting what
became known as the "Greenaway vogue".
Although Greenaway illustrated over 150
books, Under the Window is one of the only two
books that she both wrote and illustrated, the
other being Marigold Garden (1885).
The book is considered to be one of the first
earliest examples of a designer picture
book.
Copies of the original book pages courtesy of
Project
Gutenberg. Click on the thumbnail for a
larger picture.
Versos very clean embossed Mintons China
Works etc, painted artists marks.
Condition: Very fine
Price: £1250 (approx $1983)
Ref: 04911/2/3/4
Very tiny > minute chips, roughness,
slight glaze losses to the tip of the rims,
surfaces very near perfect.
