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Front CoverA Child’s Garden of Verses (1905)

Front cover of “A Child’s Garden of Verses”, showing the wrought-iron gate into the garden, and two small children standing inside on the path. The illustration is pasted onto the cover.

Keywords: book covers, illustrations for children, colour

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Added: 2010-06-02

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End Papers: children playing in the gardenA Child’s Garden of Verses (1905)

The end-papers inside the front and back cover of the book are printed with a repeating design of children playing at being gardeners. I have made the individual images available too.

Keywords: colour, illustrations for children, children, trees

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Added: 2010-06-03

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Boy with TrowelA Child’s Garden of Verses (1905)

A red-haired boy kneels with a trowel in his hand, ready to play at working in the garden. His shorts are held up by braces, and he wears shoes and white socks; he faces away from us. This is a detail [...]

Keywords: illustrations for children, boys, children, colour, gardening

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Added: 2010-06-03

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Girl Watering TreeA Child’s Garden of Verses (1905)

A girl wearing a spotted dress crouches down to water a tree using a watering can. She has a ribbon in her hair.

This is a detail taken from the end papers of the book.

Keywords: illustrations for children, girls, children, colour, garening

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Added: 2010-06-03

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Girl with flower in flowerpotA Child’s Garden of Verses (1905)

A girl wearing a straw boater hat sits and examines a flower growing in a flower-pot.

This is a detail taken from the end papers of the book.

Keywords: illustrations for children, girls, children, colour, people, gardening

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Added: 2010-06-03

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Girl digging with spadeA Child’s Garden of Verses (1905)

This girl is facing away from us and bending down to dig in the garden with her spade. We can see her petticoat.

This is a detail taken from the end papers of the book.

Keywords: illustrations for children, children, girls, gardening, colour, people

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Added: 2010-06-03

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TreeA Child’s Garden of Verses (1905)

A stylized drawing of a tree.

This is a detail taken from the end papers of the book.

Keywords: trees, illustrations for children, colour

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Added: 2010-06-03

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Title page from A Child’s Garden of VersesA Child’s Garden of Verses (1905)

A small boy kneels next to a watering-can and a (dangerously) upturned rake; he holds a flower to examine. On either side of him, two tall stalks grow with flowers; perhaps they are hollyhocks. The [...]

Keywords: title pages, page images, colour, flowers, children

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Added: 2011-06-26

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Garden boyA Child’s Garden of Verses (1905)

A curly-haired child, a boy, is on one knee; he wears a white shirt, blue dungarees (with a well-worn knee), white socks and brown shoes. He holds a flower and smiles at it. At his feet a watering ca [...]

Keywords: illustrations for children, children, people, flowers, gardening, colour

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Added: 2011-06-26

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From Her BoyA Child’s Garden of Verses (1905)

The picture shows a boy holding a large book open, as if to read, or to offer the book to someone. He has his head cocked to one side as if listening, or perhaps asking for permission. The book’s ded [...]

Keywords: illustrations for children, children, boys, people, books, greyscale

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Added: 2007-03-08

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candleA Child’s Garden of Verses (1905)

Keywords: illustrations for children, candles, bedtime, greyscale

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Added: 2007-07-31

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MaryA Child’s Garden of Verses (1905)

“A THOUGHT. It is very nice to think The world is full of meat and drink, With little children saying grace In every Christian kind of place.” (p. 4) Mary is one of four children pictured here, saying [...]

Keywords: children, illustrations for children, people, bowls, prayer, religion, greyscale

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Added: 2009-09-08

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HansA Child’s Garden of Verses (1905)

“A THOUGHT. It is very nice to think The world is full of meat and drink, With little children saying grace In every Christian kind of place.” (p. 4) Hans is one of four children pictured here, and is [...]

Keywords: children, illustrations for children, people, bowls, prayer, religion, greyscale

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Added: 2009-09-08

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BiddyA Child’s Garden of Verses (1905)

“A THOUGHT.

It is very nice to think
The world is full of meat and drink,
With little children saying grace
In every Christian kind of place.” (p. 4)

Biddy is one of four children pictured here.

Keywords: illustrations for children, children, people, prayer, religion, greyscale

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Added: 2007-03-08

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FifineA Child’s Garden of Verses (1905)

“A THOUGHT. It is very nice to think The world is full of meat and drink, With little children saying grace In every Christian kind of place.” (p. 4) Fifine is one of four praying children pictured he [...]

Keywords: illustrations for children, children, people, religion, greyscale

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Added: 2007-03-08

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In winter I get up at night / And dress by yellow candle-light.A Child’s Garden of Verses (1905)

In this illustration a small child, probably a girl, stands barefoot by a bed lit by the yellow glow of a candle; she is in the process of getting dressed in the dark, by the light of the candle. I. [...]

Keywords: illustrations for children, children, poetry, bare feet, people, interiors, beds, bedrooms, colour

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Added: 2007-03-08

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In the Land of CounterpaneA Child’s Garden of Verses (1905)

A boy lies ill in bed in this vintage watercolour painting; he has wooden toy soldiers arranged on the bed-covers. The Land of Counterpane When I was sick and lay a-bed, I had two pillos at my head, [...]

Keywords: illustrations for children, toys, games, sickness, beds, play, art, colour

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Added: 2013-02-02

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Frightened Boy At BedtimeA Child’s Garden of Verses (1905)

And face with an undaunted tread The long black passage up to bed. The picture shows a small frightened boy going to bed carrying a candle to fend off the gloom. North-west Passage 1. Good-night Then [...]

Keywords: illustrations for children, children, fear, candles, shadows, colour

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Added: 2007-07-31

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The Child AloneA Child’s Garden of Verses (1905)

A small child, complete with shoes and wide-brimmed hat, is sitting on top of planet Earth; the planet is being held in a giant hand, or finger-like clouds are floating past; there are clouds in the s [...]

Keywords: illustrations for children, children, loneliness, fear, greyscale

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Added: 2011-06-28

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Picture-books in WinterA Child’s Garden of Verses (1905)

A child (probably a girl) lays on the floor reading a picture-book in this sketch illustrating the famous poem.

See In the picture story-books for the poem.

Keywords: illustrations for children, children, books, reading, greyscale

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Added: 2012-07-23

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