Walter Crane – part 5

Walter Crane (1845–1915) was an English artist and book illustrator. He is considered to be the most prolific and influential children’s book creator of his generation and, along with Randolph Caldecott and Kate Greenaway. His work featured some of the more colourful and detailed beginnings of the child-in-the-garden motifs that would characterise many nursery rhymes and children's stories for decades to come. He was part of the Arts and Crafts movement and produced an array of paintings, illustrations, children's books, ceramic tiles and other decorative arts.

For full biographical notes on Walter Crane see part 1, and for earlier works see parts 1 -4 also.

This is part 5 of a 12-part post on the children's books of Walter Crane:

1877 The Baby's Opera:

Cover

End-paper

Title page

Dedication

Contents page

Girls and Boys Come Out To Play

Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush

Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush

Oranges and Lemons

St. Paul's Steeple

How Does My Lady's Garden Grow?

How Does My Lady's Garden Grow?

Natural History

Lavender's Blue

I Saw Three Ships

I Saw Three Ships

Ding Dong Bell

Puss At Court

Three Blind Mice

Dickory Dock

The Frog's Wooing

The Frog's Wooing

The Frog and The Crow

The Frog and The Crow

Mrs Bond

Mrs Bond

Christmas Day In The Morning

Little Jack Horner

Good King Arthur

Good King Arthur

A Jolly Miller

A Song Of Sixpence

Little Bo Peep

Little Bo Peep

Baa! Baa! Black Sheep

Tom, Tom, The Piper's Son

There Was A Lady Loved A Swine

There Was A Lady Loved A Swine

Over The Hills And Far Away

Cock Robin and Jenny Wren

I Had A Little Nut Tree

I Had A Little Nut Tree

Dr. Faustus

Three Children

My Pretty Maid

Where Are You Going To My Pretty Maid?

The Plough Boy In Luck

Warm Hands

Jack and Jill

Jack and Jill

Dance A Baby

Hush-A-By-Baby

Old King Cole

Old King Cole