Walter Crane
Walter Crane (1845–1915) was an English artist, book illustrator, and one of the most influential children’s book creators of his generation. Crane produced not only paintings and illustrations for children's books, but also ceramic tiles and other decorative arts. From 1859 to 1862, Crane was apprenticed to wood-engraver William James Linton and had the opportunity to study works by many contemporary artists, including Sir John Tenniel, the illustrator of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass.
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The Song of Sixpence Picture Book - Walter Crane
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Title: The Song of Sixpence
Picture Book
Author: Walter Crane
Release Date: May 8, 2006 [EBook #18344]
Language: English
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THE SONG OF SIXPENCE
PICTURE BOOK
CONTAINING
SING A SONG OF SIXPENCE
PRINCESS BELLE ETOILE
ALPHABET OF OLD FRIENDS
WALTER
CRANE'S
PICTURE
BOOKS
LONDON & NEW YORK: JOHN LANE
THE SONG OF SIXPENCE
PICTURE BOOK
CONTAINING SING A
SONG OF SIXPENCE; PRINCESS
BELLE ETOILE; AN ALPHABET OF
OLD FRIENDS: WITH THE ORIGINAL
COLOURED DESIGNS BY
WALTER CRANE
INCLUDING A PREFACE AND
OTHER EMBELLISHMENTS
LONDON & NEW YORK JOHN LANE
THE BODLEY HEAD
PREFACE
Whether the Poet undertook to write and SING A SONG OF SIXPENCE for that popular price is not stated in his simple rhyme, but, at all events, we learn that he started with a pocket full,
and proceeded to draw on his imagination for all it was worth. What that famous blackbird-pie really cost—except in black-birds—is not disclosed, though the King seemed to show some anxiety about the state of his treasury, as he was discovered in his counting house
imediately after the feast. But while the Queen, regardless of expense, regales herself on bread and honey
in the parlour
, and her Maid-of-honour, or perhaps of-all-work, is engaged at the clothes-line, nothing is said about a princess.
No doubt there was a princess, and that Princess might have been PRINCESS BELLE-ETOILE? Anyway here she is in the same boat—I mean book—and certainly her adventures are romantic