Introductory Image from 'Baby's Own Aesop'

Category

Library Item

Item no

40037

Title

Introductory image from 'Baby's Own Aesop'

Description

A small bird stands in the empty body of the page beside a feather quill and a pencil. It looks off-page to the right while behind it, a mouse is holding a paintbrush and painting a frieze - of a lion in flight from another mouse, clothed this time, and shooting a gun.

Artist / maker

Crane, Walter

Date

1900

Size

17.8 x 18.8 cm

Type

Publisher's print

Location

Art and Design Library

Introductory page from 'Baby's Own Aesop', a book for the nursery created by Walter Crane (1845 - 1915), and first published in 1887.

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Animals > Birds > Birds

Animals > Mammals > Lions

Animals > Mammals > Mice

Education > Educational materials > Paintbrushes

Education > Educational materials > Pencils

Education > Educational materials > Quills

Sport and leisure > Activities > Painting

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