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Shirley Hughes was born in Hoylake, near Liverpool.
She studied drawing and costume design at Liverpool School of Art and
then went to Ruskin School, Oxford. Visiting lecturers at Ruskin included
the illustrators, Jack Townend and Barnett Freedman who both encouraged
Hughes. Her work is very fine and naturalistic, ideal for illustrating
childrens' books. Since 1950 she has illustrated over 200 titles, of
which 30 she also wrote. In 1984 she received the Eleanor Farjeon Award
for distinguished services to children and books and she won the Kate
Greenaway medal in 1977 for Dogger.
References: Horne, Alan. The Dictionary of British Book Illustrators:
255; Martin, D. The Telling Line: Essays on Fifteen Contemporary
Book Illustrators, 1989: 148-166.
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The Secret Garden
Pen and ink on paper to illustrate Frances Hodgson Burnett The Secret Garden. 1988.
signed
signed and annotated below image
11 x 12 cm. (image); 15.5 x 16.5cm. (sheet)
SOLD
An unpublished illustration by Hughes, not used in the published volume (1988.)
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Blue Fire from the Venomous Mouths of Reptiles
Pen and ink on paper to illustrate Jean Roberton Hans
Andersen’s Fairy Tales (1961).
15.5 x 16 cm. (image)
References: Jean Roberton. Hans Andersen’s
Fairy Tales (1961). Illustrated p. 215, 'the Fellow Travellers.'
£550 (framed)
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So the Emperor walked under his high canopy in the middle of
the procession, through the streets of his capital and all the people standing
by, and those at the windows, cried out, 'Oh how beautiful our emperor's
new clothes are!'
Pen and ink on paper to illustrate Jean Roberton Hans
Andersen’s Fairy Tales (1961).
8 x 8.7 cm. (image)
References: Jean Roberton. Hans Andersen’s Fairy
Tales (1961). Illustrated p. 58, 'The Emperor's New Clothes.'
SOLD
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'’Will you not tell us a story?
Asked the Queen’
Pen and ink on paper to illustrate Jean Roberton Hans
Andersen’s Fairy Tales (1961).
18 x 18 cm. (image)
References: Jean Roberton. Hans Andersen’s Fairy
Tales (1961). Illustrated p. 170, 'The Flying Trunk.'
£650 (framed)
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'Why, cried Gerda, there are no roses in the garden!'
Pen and ink on paper to illustrate Jean Roberton Hans
Andersen’s Fairy Tales (1961).
11.5 x 16.5 cm. (image)
References: Jean Roberton. Hans Andersen’s Fairy
Tales (1961). Illustrated p. 148, 'The Snow Queen.'
£650 (within mount)
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'He led Hans into the princess's pleasure gardens...'
Pen and ink on paper to illustrate Jean Roberton Hans
Andersen’s Fairy Tales (1961).
17 x 17cm. (image)
References: Jean Roberton. Hans Andersen’s Fairy
Tales (1961). Illustrated p. 211, 'The Fellow Traveller.'
£650 (within mount)
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The Lovely little Mermaiden stood up and, stretching out her
delicate white arms, glided about the room
Pen and ink on paper to illustrate Jean Roberton Hans Andersen’s
Fairy Tales (1961).
15.5 x 15.5 cm. (image)
Included with the original illustration a copy of the first edition of
the published book it was produced for References:
Jean Roberton. Hans Andersen’s Fairy Tales (1961). Illustrated
p. 256.
SOLD
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Collecting Seeds
Giclée print in colours on wove paper
Signed and numbered from limited edition of 195
42 x 42 cm.
£145 (within mount)
£185
(framed in oak)
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A Picture of Annie Rose
Giclée print in colours on wove paper
Signed and numbered from limited edition of 195
42 x 42 cm.
£145 (within mount)
£185
(framed in oak)
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Story Time
Giclée print in colours on wove paper
Signed and numbered from limited edition of 195
37 x 40 cm.
£110 (within mount)
£150
(framed in oak)
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