Word: greenaway
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...best work in this line, from the fifteenth to the twentieth centuries. In the nineteenth century, there was a brilliant period, when books were being illustrated by Kate Green-away, Randolph Caldecott, Sir John Tenniel and Walter Crane. The Widener collection brought to Harvard a good assemblage of Miss Greenaway's work, while Tenniel is very well represented in the Lewis Carroll collection made by Harcourt Amory, '76, and given in his memory by Mrs. Amory and their children. The other two, Crane and Caldecott, are thoroughly taken care of by the books, original drawings, and autograph letters given last...
...Punch's Pocket Book's" and "Kate Greenaway's Almanacs and Calendars" make up the New Year's exhibition in the Widener Treasure Room this week...
...complete set of almanacs and calendars designed by Kate Greenaway, which are on exhibition, present the work of the founders of present day children's literature. The costumes of the girls and boys shown in these pieces set the style for those days and introduced such fashion ideas as extremely high wais; lines and milk-maid hats...
...collection also includes Punch's Pocketbooks, illustrated by John Leech and others; Comic Alamanacks, by Cruikshanks; and the very rare Kate Greenaway Almanacks...
...collection also includes a "Holiday Grammar" by George Cruikshand, a series of twenty-eight quaint illustrations of Twelfth Night costumes and a number of cards and calendars by Kate Greenaway...