Ellen Peg's Book of Merry Joys.
Pamela Colman Smith (Pimlico 1878 - Bude 1951)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1899 - 1900
Materials
Paper
Measurements
290 x 265 mm
Order this imageCollection
Smallhythe Place, Kent
NT 1122457.4
Summary
Illustration (watercolour with ink) title page 'Ellen Peg Book of Merry Joys By the 2 little devils Pixie & Puck Authors of the Peggy Picture Book. 1900.' Drawn during a voyage from New York to Southampton on 18 May to 28 1900 aboard the S.S. Menominee. Of the 104 passengers on board over 80 were members of the Lyceum Company. From book of illustrations and stories based on a trip to America that Ellen Terry, Henry Irving, Laurence Irving, Bram Stoker and Pamela Colman Smith took from 1899 - 1900.
Provenance
One of 43 drawings, some with accompanying poems, from 2 folios created by Pamela Colman Smith. The drawings date from 1900 and were created during the Lyceum Tour of America which ran from October 1899 to May 1900.
Makers and roles
Pamela Colman Smith (Pimlico 1878 - Bude 1951), artist and writer