Binding

Kate Greenaway

1885

Paper pasted on card

10 x 8 inches

A lyrical design which exploits the printing, by Edmund Evans, in varieties of green. The figures of the children stand in calculated contrast to the bold geometry of the gate and the stylized trees in the background; the enclosing border creates a symmetrical pattern to complete the whole.

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Photograph and text by Simon Cooke

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