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A sequence of short, whimsical episodes in which children explore domestic rooms and gallery pictures that seem to come alive, prompting imaginative encounters with painted figures and scenes. Narrative vignettes blend bedtime mischief, visits to artworks, and playful conversations that interpret famous portraits and landscapes; descriptive passages evoke interiors, costumes, and illustrated plates. The tone alternates between gentle humor and curiosity, encouraging close looking and imaginative projection while accompanying color plates and text illustrations that complement each scene. Overall the work treats art appreciation as an extension of childhood play, inviting readers to traverse the border between everyday home life and the stories suggested by pictures.

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Title: The children and the pictures

Author: Pamela Grey

Release date: February 16, 2021 [eBook #64573]
Most recently updated: October 18, 2024

Language: English

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*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE CHILDREN AND THE PICTURES ***

THE CHILDREN
AND THE PICTURES

ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND. By Lewis Carroll. With a Proem by Austin Dobson, and Thirteen Plates in Colour and numerous Text Illustrations by Arthur Rackham, A.R.W.S. Square crown 8vo, price 6s. net. [November 15.

RIP VAN WINKLE. By Washington Irving. With fifty-one Coloured Plates by Arthur Rackham. A.R.W.S. In One Volume, crown 4to, price 15s. net.

Times.—“It will be hard to rival this delightful volume.”

London: WILLIAM HEINEMANN

21 Bedford Street, W.C.

Hoppner.

MARIANNE and AMELIA.

THE CHILDREN AND THE PICTURES: BY PAMELA TENNANT: PUBLISHED IN LONDON BY MR. WILLIAM HEINEMANN AND IN NEW YORK BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY: MCMVII

THE SKETCH ON THE TITLE-PAGE
IS BY ARTHUR RACKHAM, A.R.W.S.
ILLUSTRATIONS REPRODUCED BY
HENTSCHEL-COLOURTYPE

Copyright 1907 by William Heinemann

CONTENTS

 PAGE
I. 1
II. 15
III. 21
IV. 30
V. 38
VI. 45
VII. 52
VIII. 60
IX. 67
X. 75
XI. 79
XII. 92
XIII. 107
XIV. 115
XV. 122
XVI. 129
XVII. 139
XVIII. 143
XIX. 152
XX. 161
XXI. 171
XXII. 178
XXIII. 187
XXIV. 191
XXV. 196
XXVI. 212
XXVII. 222

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

To face
page
Marianne and Amelia Hoppner Frontispiece
Mrs. Inchbald Romney 4
Robert Mayne, M.P. for Upper Gatton  Reynolds 10
Beppo Reynolds 12
Peg Woffington Hogarth 16
Children Playing at Soldiers G. Morland 18
The Apple-Stealers G. Morland 20
The Fortune-teller Reynolds 22
Mousehold Heath Cotman 56
Lewis the Actor Gainsborough  76
Approach to Venice Turner 80
Miss Ridge Reynolds 82
Sir Joshua Reynolds Reynolds 84
The Green Room at Drury Lane Hogarth 88
The Leslie Boy Raeburn 92
The Cottage by the Wood Nasmyth 96
On the Seashore Bonington 154
The Fish Market, Boulogne Bonington 180
Miss Ross Raeburn 198
Lady Crosbie Reynolds 214
Dolorès Reynolds 222