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Kate Greenaway
1846-1901
And bit the babies in the cradle
1880s
Pen and black ink, with watercolor, on paper.
7 1/4 x 6 3/4 inches (183 x 171 mm)
Gift of Mrs. George Nichols.
1957.15
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Design for Robert Browning, "The Pied Piper of Hamelin", London, 1887.
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Signed at lower left, "KG".
Provenance:
Junius S. Morgan; J. Pierpont Morgan; J.P. Morgan; Jane Morgan Nichols (Mrs. George Nichols).
Associated names:
Morgan, Junius Spencer, 1813-1890, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Morgan, J. P. (John Pierpont), 1867-1943, former owner.
Nichols, Jane Norton Morgan, 1893-1981, former owner.
Browning, Robert, 1812-1889. Pied piper of Hamelin.
Bibliography:
Pierpont Morgan Library. Review of Acquisitions, 1949-1968. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969, p. 149.
Adams, Frederick B., Jr. Eighth Annual Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1958, p. 84-85.
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