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Kate Greenaway
1846-1901
Where waters gushed and fruit trees grew, and flowers put forth a fairer hue
1880s
Pen and black ink, with watercolor, on paper.
8 5/8 x 7 5/8 inches (219 x 194 mm)
Gift of Jane Morgan Nichols (Mrs. George Nichols).
1957.14
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Design for frontispiece of Robert Browning's "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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