E Mary Gardiner – Five Watercolours

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Five watercolours by Mary E Gardiner

1. One Hundred Years Ago. Pencil pen and black ink with watercolour on white wove paper. Presented with a new mount. Inscribed in pencil with the title (lower left) and signed E Mary Gardiner (lower right) c.1935-1963. Sheet: 10 in x 8 in. (25.5 x 20.5 cm.) Mount: 15 5/8 x 13 3/4 in. (41.5 x 36.5 cm.)
2. Jumping Joan. Pencil and watercolour on white wove paper. Presented with a new mount. Sheet: 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (21.5 x 14 cm.) Mount: 13 5/8 x 10 7/8 in. (34.5 x 27.7 cm.)
3. The Wood. Pencil pen and black ink with watercolour on white wove paper. Presented with a new mount. Sheet: 6 x 5 1/4 in. (15.3 x 13.4 cm.) Mount: 11 3/4 x 9 13/16 in. (29.8 x 25 cm.)
4. The Feast of S. Nicholas. Pencil pen and black ink with watercolour on white wove paper. Presented with a new mount. Signed in pencil E Mary Gardiner (lower right). Sheet: 5 3/4 x 5 1/2 in. (14.6 x 14 cm.) Mount: 15 5/8 in x 13 1/4 in. (39.7 x 33.2 cm.)
5. The Feast of St. Nicholas. Pencil pen and black ink with watercolour on white wove paper. Presented with a new mount. Signed in pencil E Mary Gardiner (lower right). Sheet: 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (14 x 14 cm.) Mount: 11 3/4 x 9 13/16 in. (41.5 x 36.5 cm.)

Description

The little know illustrator of some twenty or so children’s books, all of which were written by Grace James, and published by Frederick Müller. The most prolific of the books she illustrated was the John and Mary series which started in the 1930s and finished in the 1960s.

List of Titles Published:

•          John and Mary (1935)
•          More about John and Mary (1936)
•          John and Mary Abroad (1937)
•          John and Mary Detectives (1938)
•          John and Mary’s Secret Society (1939)
•          John and Mary’s Visitors (1940)
•          New Friends for John and Mary (1941)
•          John and Mary and Miss Rose Brown (1942)
•          John and Mary at School (1944)
•          John and Mary’s Youth Club (1945)
•          John and Mary at Riverton (1946)
•          The Adventures of John and Mary (1947)
•          John and Mary’s Aunt (1950)
•          John and Mary in Rome (1954)
•          John and Mary’s Fairy Tales (1955)
•          John and Mary by Land and Sea (1955)
•          John and Mary’s Japanese Fairy Tales (1957)
•          John and Mary and Lisetta (1958)
•          John and Mary’s Treasures (1960)
•          John and Mary Revisit Rome (1963)

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Gardiner, E Mary (fl. 1935-1963)

The little know illustrator of some twenty or so children's books, all of which were written by Grace James, and published by Frederick Müller. The most prolific of the books she illustrated was the John and Mary series which started in the 1930s and finished in the 1960s. List of Titles Published: • John and Mary (1935) • More about John and Mary (1936) • John and Mary Abroad (1937) • John and Mary Detectives (1938) • John and Mary's Secret Society (1939) • John and Mary's Visitors (1940) • New Friends for John and Mary (1941) • John and Mary and Miss Rose Brown (1942) • John and Mary at School (1944) • John and Mary's Youth Club (1945) • John and Mary at Riverton (1946) • The Adventures of John and Mary (1947) • John and Mary's Aunt (1950) • John and Mary in Rome (1954) • John and Mary's Fairy Tales (1955) • John and Mary by Land and Sea (1955) • John and Mary's Japanese Fairy Tales (1957) • John and Mary and Lisetta (1958) • John and Mary's Treasures (1960) • John and Mary Revisit Rome (1963)