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Wednesday, August 21, 2024

KATE GREENAWAY GIRLS

KATE GREENAWAY GIRLS. Kate Greenaway lived and worked in England in the mid to late 1800's. Her fanciful illustrations of nostalgically dressed boys and girls harkened back to a century earlier, inspired by classical paintings of the 1700's. There was a resurgence of her works in the 1970's to accompany the popular Arts & Crafts movement of the time. 
These are charming paper dolls based on some of her drawings. Tomorrow I will post the Boys.








 

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