Kate Greenaway, 'You little boy...'
Kate Greenaway, 'You little boy...'

'You little boy...', 1885

Kate Greenaway (1846 - 1901)

RA Collection: Art

This illustration accompanies the prefatory verses:

'You little girl,

You little boy,

With wondering eyes,

That kindly look,

In honour of

Two noble names

I send the offering

Of this book.'

Object details

Title
'You little boy...'
Artist/printmaker
Kate Greenaway (1846 - 1901)
Date
1885
Object type
Plate
Medium
Chromolithograph
Dimensions

50 mm x 48 mm

Collection
Royal Academy of Arts
Object number
18/2133
This image is from a book

Marigold garden / pictures and rhymes by Kate Greenaway ; printed in colours by Edmund Evans - London ; New York: [1885]

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