Original drawings and illustrations, n.d. [c.1825-1942]
File
MS. Opie 332
Held in our offsite storage facility
- Folder 1: Studdy, George E. Pen and ink drawing ‘Bonzo: a humorous dog’, 1925.
- Folder 2: [Unidentified]. Ten Little Injuns: five pulls of the original blocks used by McLoughlin, USA, to illustrate Septimus Winner's comic song, first published Jul 1868.
- Folder 3: [Unidentified]. 'That's True, William…', watercolour of father with a book, and son holding a hen, n.d. [watermarked 1873]
- Folder 4: [Unidentified]. Three handmade miniature books, two with hard covers, one with a limp binding, and contains tiny, hand-coloured pictures of people, n.d.
- Folder 5: [Unidentified]. 'The Three Little Kittens - The history of the three little kittens that lost their mittens', two hand-drawn, pen and ink illustrated written out copies of the nursery rhyme, n.d. [c.1860s-1870s?]
- Folder 6: Toy Theatres. Original pencil sketch for the toy theatre of a character in uniform, n.d. [c.1825?].
- Folder 7: Whanslaw, Harry. Hand-drawn Christmas card inscribed ‘To Roland’, featuring Pinocchio and signed 'Whanny', 1942.
- Folder 8: Wright, S. Sketch in pen and ink and Chinese white, of the exterior windows of an ecclesiastical building, n.d.
- Folder 9: Wright, S. Watercolour, repeating design of grapes, pomegranates, foliage and morning glories, reminiscent of William Morris and the Arts and Crafts Movement, n.d.
Dates
- Creation: n.d. [c.1825-1942]
Extent
1 box (9 folders)
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. Opie 332
Creator
- From the Collection: Opie | Iona Margaret Balfour | nee Archibald | 1923-2017 | book collector and historian of the lore of childhood (Person)
- From the Collection: Opie | Peter Mason | 1918-1982 | book collector and historian of the lore of childhood (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Contact:
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Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk