Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication: 1960Blank
Binding: Hardcover, section sewn
Pages: 120
Size: 140 x 190
Text: English
Introduction by Ruari McLean missing/clipped from binding, otherwise 32 pages of text, followed by a listing of books containing Hassall engraved illustrations, and 188 images of engravings.
(Introduction) 'Joan Hassall lives and works in the house in which she was born, a large Victorian terrace house in Notting Hill, which was also the home of her father, the famous poster artist, John Hassall. A studio had been built out at the back of the house in the 1890's, occupying the whole garden, with a glass roof and high side-windows. When he died in 1948 the room had not been cleared for upwards of forty years. It contained a fantastic accumulation, for Hassall would throw nothing away which interested or amused him and seems to have had a wide circle of globe-travelling friends and family who always returned with presents to add to the collection. Surviving photographs show the artist at his easel against a grotto-like background which includes early posters, statuettes, curios, masks, weapons, costumes, the ceremonial head-dress of a Red Indian chief, suits of armour, and an Elizabethan four-poster bed. What looks like an ivy-covered wall turns out to be a collection of flags on pins from 1914-1918 Flag Days, when that ingenious method of raising money from the public started...'
Condition: Good. Shelf ware consistent with age. Rubbing to cover/edges. First few pages cleanly cut/missing - otherwise good condition.
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