Figure 1.--This drawing is from the Grahame Johnstone's version of Kate Greenway's Apple Pie book.
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Figure 1.--This drawing is from the Grahame Johnstone's version of Kate Greenway's Apple Pie book. |
Kate Greenway must have been an important influemce to both Grahame Johnstone sisters. Greenway led the way as a woman illustrator in England. She drew wonderful animals as did Janet. Greenway also did magical images of chilodhood, although always of the same early 19th century period with the children in long dresses, pinafores, smocks, sketon suits, and tunics. Anne also clearly enjoyed drawing images of this period, although she also drew images from a wide range of other periods. Perhaps their love of Kate Greenways drawings and books drew them to recreating Greenway's book about apple pie. Perhaps not their most successful work, it is still diverting. The sisters also redid the Greeway colaboration with Robert Browning, The Pied Piper of Hamlin with a new seies of magical drawings.
Kate Greenaway's enchanting draings charmed the Victorians and still is popular today. Her drawings provide an idyllic vision of childhood and animals. She is also the authoress of many charming children's books which she illustarted herself. She also did almanacs and calendars. Many of the drawing are about animals, but she did many wonderful drawings of children in early 19th century outfits, including Empire dresses, smocks, pinafores, tunics, and skeleton suits. Greenway of course died nearly three decaded before te sisters were born, but I am sure they wished they could have met her to discuss their craft.
Greenway published a charmiong book to help children lear to read. It was about apple pie. There was a drawing for every letter. "A" was of course for the tittle--apple pie. Then there were simple sentences such as "Bit it," "Cut it", "Dealt it", ect. The sisters redid the book, retaining the same sentences but repklacing the drawings--such as the one here "Oogled it".
Illustrious poet Robert Browning collaborated with Kate Greenway on a charming telling of the fable The Pied Piper of Hamlin. Like Greenway's Apple Pie book, the sisters published a new version using Browning's wonderful text with a new set of drawings. I'm not sure why they did this, perhaps thaey were charmed by the Browning-Greenway version as children.
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