Jessie M. King (1875–1949)
Auteur van The Grey City of the North: A Book of Drawings
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Seven Happy Days: A Series of Drawings by Jessie M.King with Quotations from John Davidson and Others (1993) 11 exemplaren
Dwellings of an old world town. [Culross, Fifeshire.] A book of drawings in black and white (1909) 3 exemplaren
View album of Edinburgh and district 1 exemplaar
Works by Jessie M. King for sale 1 exemplaar
Drawings of Paris by Jessie M. King 1 exemplaar
The little white town of Never Weary 1 exemplaar
Good King Wenceslas: A Carol 1 exemplaar
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- King, Jessie Marion
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- 1875-03-20
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- 1949-08-03
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- UK
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- Bearsden, Scotland, UK
- Woonplaatsen
- Kirkcudbright, Scotland, UK
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- Glasgow School of Art
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- illustrator
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Originally written in 1853 by John Mason Neale, and set to the medieval tune, "Tempus adest floridum," this beautiful Christmas carol has been used as the text for many picture-books over the years, and accompanied by artwork done in many styles. Personal favorites, of the ten picture-book presentations I have thus far read, include those done by Christopher Manson, Pauline Baynes and Omar Rayyan. This slender little volume, published in pamphlet form in 1919, and reprinted in 1920, features the artwork of Jessie Marion King, one of the "Glasgow Girls" who helped to shape the Glasgow School of the Art Nouveau movement. The illustrations are my introduction to King, whose work was previously unknown to me, and they are gorgeous. Some of the border work reminds me a bit of Ivan Bilibin, but overall the style felt entirely new to me, not so much because I have never encountered artwork from this period and movement, but because I have never seen it paired with this carol. Here is the final scene:
Just lovely! This edition is available online, through the Internet Archive, and I believe there is also a youtube video that profiles the artwork from it (sadly, not accompanied by the music of the carol), so it is easily accessible, despite being quite obscure. Highly recommended, to anyone looking for unusual picture-book presentations of this carol, and to fans of King's artwork. For my part, I hope to track down more of her books!… (meer)