"Over Farms and Fields and Rivers and Ponds" (for "Cosy Hokie" in "Topsy-Turvy Tales")

Elsie Smeaton Munro|William Heath Robinson|John Lane, The Bodley Head

ca. 1923 · Pen and black ink, brush and wash · Drawings and Prints

"Over Farms and Fields and Rivers and Ponds" (for "Cosy Hokie" in "Topsy-Turvy Tales") — Elsie Smeaton Munro|William Heath Robinson|John Lane, The Bodley Head

This is one of a series of humorous, often gently satirical drawings that William Heath Robinson made to illustrate "Topsy-Turvy Tales"–one of the gift books in which John Lane at the Bodley Head specialized. The author Elsie Smeaton Munro came to the publisher in 1922 with twelve children's stories and Heath's association produced delightfully whimsical results. The Museum has twelve drawings related to the project, nine black and white images and three watercolors.

Artist
Elsie Smeaton Munro|William Heath Robinson|John Lane, The Bodley Head
Date
ca. 1923
Medium
Pen and black ink, brush and wash
Department
Drawings and Prints
Credit line
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1967

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