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COLLECTION ANALYSIS
COLLECTION ANALYSIS
These collections show an assortment of illustrations and photographs from the last few hundred years. The illustrations are from multiple cultures and regions, showing a variance of styles. Each collection gives well-rounded information about the illustrations they show, enabling viewers to learn about the topic of choice and the specific illustrations, themselves. Below is a sampling of each collection.
CREEPY CRAWLIES
Creepy Crawlies
This exhibition celebrates insects and bugs, showing that they aren't all scary.
Above: Edward Bawden, author/illustrator.
Hold Fast by Your Teeth. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd., 1963.
Lejeune, illustrator.
Paris: Mme. Vve. Louis Janet, ca. 1850.
Léon Becker.
Alphabet des insectes.
Fortuné Louis Méaulle, illustrator.
Paris: Bibliothèque d'Éducation et de Récréation J. Hetzel, 1883.
Lev Nikolaevich Zilov.
Mizgir. [The Spider].
Konstantin Pavlovich Rotov, illustrator.
Moscow, St. Petersburg: GIZ, 1923.
MAGIC LANTERN
MAGIC LANTERN
Magic Lantern
Before cinema, magic lanterns were used to project images.
Above: Magic Lantern Alphabet of Animals. London, Paris, New York: Raphael Tuck & Sons, not before 1886.
Les bergamasques; ou Gilles et Arlequin gourmands.
Paris: Nepveu, 1820.
Hans-Friedrich Geist.
Spielzeug: Eine bunte Fibel.
Alfred Mahlau, illustrator.
Leipzig: L. Stackmann, 1938.
Ernst Schur.
Das lustige Jahr.
Ilse Schur, illustrator.
Stuttgart: Loewes Verlag Ferdinand Carl, [1914].
WATER BABIES
WATER BABIES
Water Babies
This exhbition shows illustrations that capture the fun of the water.
Above: Bessie Parker.
Nancy Parker, illustrator.
The 'Trocious Twins. London, Edinburgh: W. & R. Chambers, Ltd., 1926.
Lewis Carroll.
John Tenniel, illustrator.
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
New York: D. Appleton, 1866.
Marta Voleská.
Artus Scheiner, illustrator.
Kulihrásek v hlubinách morskych [Kulihrásek in the Depths of the Sea].
Prague: Gustav Volesky, 1932.
Clifton Bingham.
George Henry Thompson, illustrator.
The Animals’ Trip to the Sea: Being a True and Veracious History of the Eventful Voyage of the S. S. “Crocodile” from Nowhere in Particular to Anywhere in General.
London/ New York: Ernest Nister/ E. P. Dutton & Co., [1905].
BEATRIX POTTER
BEATRIX POTTER
Beatrix Potter
The illustrations in this collection show many animals dressed up for social comedies that Beatrix Potter wrote.
Above: Randolph Caldecott.
Hey Diddle Diddle and Baby Bunting.
London: George Routledge & Sons, [1882].
Beatrix Potter, author/illustrator.
The Tale of Mr. Tod.
London, New York: Frederick Warne & Co., 1912.
Beatrix Potter, author/illustrator.
The Tale of Jemima Puddle-duck. London, New York: Frederick Warne & Co., 1908.
Squire Fox Went Out in a Hungry Plight.
Edinburgh, London: George Waterson & Sons, [ca. 1880].
The Diana R. Tillson copy.
TIGERS
TIGERS
Tigers in Picture Books
This exhibit focuses on illustrations of tigers in children's books throughout history.
Above: A wary tiger. André Hellé. Grosse bêtes & petites bêtes. Paris: Tolmer & Cie, ca. 1912.
A Tiger Wizard
Chris Conover. Detail from the original artwork for pages 9-10 of The Adventures of Simple Simon. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1987.
A Wakeful Tiger
Max Bolliger. Der goldene Apfel: Eine Geschichte. Illustrated by Celestino Piatti. Zürich: Artemis Verlag, 1970.
A Grand Tiger
Helen Bannerman, author-illustrator. The Story of Little Black Sambo. London: Grant Richards, 1900.
KITES
KITES
Kites
This exhibit shows the innocent aspect of children's pastime in Britain and America, playing with kites.
Above: Theodore Eckhardt. Physics in Pictures: The Principal Natural Phenomena and Appliances Described and Illustrated by Thirty Coloured Plates For Ocular Instruction in Schools and Families. (Stanford's Series of Instructive Picture Books) Translated by A. H. Keane. London: Edward Stanford, 1882.
The Child's-New-Year's Gift, or, A Chaste & Significant Collection of Riddles upon the Most Familiar Subjects. London: J. Hodges, ca. 1750.
Games and Sports for Young Boys. London: Routledge, Warne and Routledge, 1859.
John Bate. Mysteryes of Nature and Art. 2nd ed. London: For Ralph Mab and are to be sold by John Jackson and Francis Church at the Kings Arms in Cheapside, 1634 [i.e. 1635].
13a. Pages 118-9, "How to Make a Firedrake.
LEO POLITI
LEO POLITI
Leo Politi
This collection celebrates Leo Politi, Italian historical preservationist.
Above: Bunker Hill, Los Angeles: Reminiscences of Bygone Days. Palm Desert, CA: Desert Southwest, Inc., 1964.
The Nicest Gift.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1973.
Moy Moy.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1960.
Tales of the Los Angeles Parks.
Palm Desert, CA: Best West, 1996.
PERE CASTOR
PERE CASTOR
Père Castor
This collection celebrates the create Père Castor, whose goal was to produce high quality pamphlets that allowed self-expression.
Above: Alexandra Exter. Mon jardin: Quatre carrés à planter, huit planches à découper, plans et catalogue [My Garden: Four Plots to Plant, Eight Plates to Cut Out, Plans and Catalogue] (Album jeuets du Père Castor) Paris: Flammarion, 1936.
Hélène Guertik. Nouvelles images à colorier: Des poisons [New Pictures for Coloring: Fish]. Paris: Flammarion, c1935.
Nathalie Parain. Ribambelles [Paper Chains]. Paris: Flammarion, 1932
Pierre Belvès. Linogravure [Linocutting]. (Manuels du Père Castor). Paris: Flammarion, 1947.
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