Kate Greenaway

In order to judge of Kate Greenaway as an artist, and appraise her true place and position in British art, we must bear in mind not only what she did, but what she was. It must...

KATE GREENAWAY’S THIRD EXHIBITION—CORRESPONDENCE WITH JOHN RUSKIN, AND MR. AND MRS. STUART M. SAMUEL—HER VIEWS ON ART, RELIGION, AND BOOKS—PAINTING IN OIL—DEATH OF RUSKIN—ILLNES...

The year 1846—the birth-year of both Kate Greenaway and Randolph Caldecott—marked also the genesis of the Christmas card. What was in the first instance a pretty thought and dai...

When Kate was midway between five and six years of age, the family moved into a larger house and shop nearer to Highbury. Here they fairly established themselves, and here was t...

By way of accentuating the uneventfulness of Miss Greenaway’s quiet life apart from her art, it is perhaps worthy of notice that the year 1896 found her staying at a hotel for o...

MISS GREENAWAY’S FIRST EXHIBITION—THE HON. GERALD PONSONBY—‘ALMANACKS’—CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION, CHICAGO—BOOK-PLATES—LADY MARIA PONSONBY—WORKS SOLD—‘THE LADIES’...

So far Kate had been going through the usual experiences of the free-lance who with pen or pencil in hand sets forth to win recognition from the public. Public taste is the hard...

On Monday, February 16th, 1885, Miss Greenaway moved to Frognal, into the house designed for her by Mr. Norman Shaw, her home until her death. Of her experiences as a house-buil...

KATE GREENAWAY AS A CORRESPONDENT—HER LETTERS TO RUSKIN—HER FRIENDS—LEARNING PERSPECTIVE—RUSKIN’S LAST LETTERS—‘THE PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN’—MRS. ALLINGHAM, R.W.S.—THE ‘BOOK OF GA...

Ruskin, as has been seen, took the art of Kate Greenaway very seriously long before she became personally known to him, and it is evident, from the portion of a letter found amo...

The industry of Kate Greenaway during the years 1884 and 1885 added considerably to the growing list of her works. First there were the two _Almanacks_, which, save for the enla...

STUDENT DAYS AND EARLY SUCCESS: EARLY PROMISE AND ART CLASSES—SOUTH KENSINGTON PRIZES—LADY BUTLER—DUDLEY GALLERY—REV. W. J. LOFTIE AND MESSRS. MARCUS WARD—‘AMATEUR THEATRICALS’—...

Kate Greenaway was born at 1, Cavendish Street, Hoxton, on the 17th day of March 1846. She was the daughter of John Greenaway and of his wife, Elizabeth Jones. John Greenaway wa...

As has already been said, to drive to a palace in a royal carriage to see a princess had been a dream of Kate’s childhood; and in the year 1881 her baby wish saw its almost comp...

From the early days when Kate Greenaway submitted her crude verses to Mr. W. Marcus Ward and found little encouragement, down to the very end of her life, she spent no inconside...

About the name of Kate Greenaway there floats a perfume so sweet and fragrant that even at the moment of her death we thought more of the artist we admired than of the friend we...

26 on Letters to John Ruskin, in the possession of Mrs. Arthur Severn (pp. 1, 8, 18, 21, 23, 116, 152, 162, 163, 165, 179, 197, 199, 202, 207, 222, 232, 233, 237, 239, 241, 243,...

Kate Greenaway’s First Exhibition—The Hon. Gerald Ponsonby—_Almanacks_—Contributions to the Columbian Exposition, Chicago—Book-plates—Lady Maria Ponsonby—Works Sold—_The Ladies’...

Kate Greenaway as a Correspondent—Her Letters to Ruskin—Her Friends—Learning Perspective—Ruskin’s Last Letters—_The Pied Piper of Hamelin_—Mrs. Allingham, R.W.S.—The _Book of Ga...

Kate Greenaway’s Third Exhibition—Correspondence with John Ruskin, and Mr. and Mrs. Stuart M. Samuel—Her Views on Art, Religion, and Books—Her Oil-painting—Death of Ruskin—Illne...

Student Days and Early Success: Early Promise and Art Classes—South Kensington Prizes—Lady Butler—Dudley Gallery—Rev. W. J. Loftie and Messrs. Marcus Ward—_Amateur Theatricals_—...