Calendar from the collection of A Mirror with a Memory

From A Mirror with a Memory

Unknown, Japan

Picture Frame, 1890-1910

Lacquer

NFS
Loetz

Pitcher, c. 1890

Cased glass

NFS
Unknown, Bohemia

Vase, 1880-1900

Satin glass

NFS
Meriden Silver Plate Co.

Cake Basket, c. 1890

Silverplate

NFS
Unknown, Bohemia

Vase, c. 1885

Glass with enamel decoration
Keller & Guérin

Clock, 1880-1890

Earthenware with enamel decoration

NFS
Longwy Faience

Shaker, c. 1880

Pewter, faience

NFS
Unknown, United States

Plant Stand, c. 1880

Ebonized wood

NFS

About the artist

Kate Greenaway

English

1846-1901

Catherine Greenaway (17 March 1846 – 6 November 1901) was an English Victorian artist and writer, known for her children's book illustrations. She received her education in graphic design and art between 1858 and 1871 from South Kensington School of Art and the Royal Female School of Art, and the Slade School of Fine Art. She began her career designing for the burgeoning holiday card market, producing Christmas and Valentine's cards. In 1879 wood-block engraver and printer, Edmund Evans, printed Under the Window, an instant best-seller, which established her reputation. Her collaboration with Evans continued throughout the 1880s and 1890s.

The depictions of children in imaginary 18th-century costumes in a Queen Anne style were extremely popular in England and internationally, sparking the Kate Greenaway style. Within a few years of the publication of Under the Window Greenaway's work was imitated in England, Germany and the United States.

Additional Details

Additional Artworks

Picture Frame, 1890-1910

Pitcher, c. 1890

Vase, 1880-1900

Cake Basket, c. 1890

Vase, c. 1885

Clock, 1880-1890

Shaker, c. 1880

Plant Stand, c. 1880

About the artist

Kate Greenaway