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Marcus Ward and Co.
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| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Occupation | Kate Greenaway | By 1873, KG
began receiving offers to illustrate popular books and magazines; she left school to pursue a career as an illustrator, while hoping to become a published author. Her pictures for greetings cards for... |
| Publishing | Cecil Frances Alexander | Two more collections of hymns followed later: Narrative Hymns for Village Schools, in 1853, and Hymns Descriptive and Devotional for Village Schools, in 1858. |
| Publishing | Kate Greenaway | KG
's comprehensive art school education prepared her to foray into the world of illustration. In 1868, at the age of twenty-two, she exhibited a selection of drawings at the Dudley Gallery
in Piccadilly, London... |
| Reception | Kate Greenaway | Despite the popularity of her illustrations, KG
's writing aspirations were dismissed by William Ward
of Marcus Ward and Co.
(son of Marcus Ward). He called her verse rubbish and without poetic feeling and pushed... |
| Reception | Lady Colin Campbell | The book was very successful and ran into several printings, causing publisher Marcus Ward
to double the promised fee of £5 to £10. One reviewer especially appreciated the distinctness with which the individualities of the... |
| Textual Production | Kate Greenaway | KG
continued to pursue her interest in flowers in several books of the mid-1880s. In 1882 Marcus Ward and Co.
published Flowers and Fancies: Valentines Ancient and Modern by B. M. Montgomerie Ranking
, OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999. OCLC |
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