Friday 29 March 2024

John Hassall - Part 6


In 1900, Hassall opened his own New Art School and School of Poster Design in Kensington, with the help of his former teacher Van Havermaet; he numbered Bert Thomas, H M Bateman and Harry Rountree among his students. In 1908, the school amalgamated with Frank Brangwyn’s London School, but was closed at the outbreak of the First World War. In the post war period, he ran the very successful John Hassall Correspondence School.


For more information about John Hassall see part 1, and for earlier works, see parts 1 - 5 also.


This is part 6 of of a 12-part series on the works of John Hassall:


1906 The Merchant
watercolour shown in "The Royal institute of painters in watercolours"
published in The Studio 1906 

1906 - 1911 Printers' Pie:


1906 Printers' Pie "Printers' Pie, cant be beaten"
colour lithograph cover

1907 Printers' Pie "Special Printers' Pie"
colour lithograph cover

1908 Printers' Pie "Bigger than last year"
colour lithograph cover

1909 Printers' Pie "Full of good things"
colour lithograph cover

1911 Printers' Pie "Printers' Pie greatly run after"
colour lithograph cover

1914 Printers Pie' "What's in it? Buy & see"
colour lithograph cover

1919 Printers' Pie "Peace Pudding, A jolly good mixture"
colour lithograph cover

1907 "Don't I wish it was loaded."
W.D & H.O. Wills showcard. Card Times,
Capstan Navy Cut Tobacco & Cigarettes
gouache  72 x 51 cm

1907 Brush Pen and Pencil, The Book of Hassall
two-colour hardback book cover
published by A. E. Johnson

1907 Drury Lane Pantomime, The Babes in the Wood
photolithography and chromolithography poster 76.3 x 51 cm
V&A Museum, London

1907 Drury Lane Pantomime, The Babes in the Wood
photolithography and photolithography & chromolithography poster 50.6 x 76 cm
V&A Museum, London

1907 Punch Library of Humour, Life in London
published by by Carmelite House, London hard-back cover

1907 Peter Pan chromolithographs 26.5 x 72 cm each:

At the Tops of the Trees

At the Tops of the Trees detail

The Approach of the Indians

The Approach of the Indians detail

The Arrival of Peter Pan

The Arrival of Peter Pan detail

The Arrival of Peter Pan detail

The Building of the House

The Building of the House detail

The Defeat of the Pirates

The Defeat of the Pirates detail

The Defeat of the Pirates detail

The Pillow Dance

The Pillow Dance detail

The Pillow Dance detail

1907 Through the Wood by John Hassall
published by Nelson

1907 from Through the Wood by John Hassall
published by Nelson
1908 Skegness is so Bracing
published by the L.N.E.R. (London & North East Railway
colour lithograph poster

1908 Skegness is so Bracing
published by G.N.R. (Great Northern Railway)
colour lithograph poster


1908 Scouting for Boys by B-P (Baden Powell)
Part 1

1908 Scouting for Boys by B-P (Baden Powell)
Part 111

1908 Scouting for Boys by B-P (Baden Powell)
Part 1V

1908 Scouting for Boys by B-P (Baden Powell)
Part V

1909 Illustration for Red Riding Hood and Other Stories
published by Henry Frowde and Hodder and Stoughton
colour lithograph


1909 The Swiss Family Robinson published by Blackie and Son Ltd:

Front Cover

Title Page

Fritz tried to pull one off.

The Making of the Swimming-Belts

The Building of the Tree-House

It flew swiftly away, bearing its message

The hideous creature lay dead on the plain.

The parting with our sons

One fine morning we set sail

Vainly trying to shake off a large lobster.


Wednesday 27 March 2024

John Hassall - Part 5

1899 Self-Portrait
pen and ink, gouache and sepia wash 143 x 168 cm
© National Portrait Gallery, London

In 1900, Hassall opened his own New Art School and School of Poster Design in Kensington, with the help of his former teacher Van Havermaet; he numbered Bert Thomas, H M Bateman and Harry Rountree among his students. In 1908, the school amalgamated with Frank Brangwyn’s London School, but was closed at the outbreak of the First World War. In the post war period, he ran the very successful John Hassall Correspondence School.


For more information about John Hassall see part 1, and for earlier works, see parts 1 - 4 also.


This is part 5 of of a 12-part series on the works of John Hassall:


1904 The Zoo by Walter Emanuel, published by Alston Rivers:


1904 Hardback front cover

1904 A Rustic turned into a Teetotaler
two-colour lithograph

1904 I cannot bring myself to believe that this is a very witty animal
 two-colour lithograph

1904 Language
two-colour lithograph

1904 Ostrich Feathers
two-colour lithograph

1904 The inmates rose as one man, and lashed themselves into a truly terrible state of fury
two-colour lithograph

1904 Visitors thrusting their hands through the rails are advised to see that they get them back
 two-colour lithograph


1904 Round the World ABC
colour lithograph hard cover

1904 Round the World ABC
Title page

1904 The General Electric Company March sheet music
colour lithograph
1904 Veritas Mantles for Strength & Brilliancy
colour lithograph poster 47 x 37 cm

1905 Dont Tell! by John Hassall & G.E. Farrow
published by Alf Cooke Ltd., London & Leeds

1905 Dont Tell!

1905 Drury Lane Pantomime, Cinderella
colour lithograph poster 50.7 x 76 cm 

1905 Ruff & Reddy, The Fairy Guide
"The Beanstalk"
colour lithograph

c1905-10 Osram Lamps, The Light for All 
colour lithograph postcard

c1905 "Putting out" under Edward VII
chromolithograph 31.5 x 61 cm

c1905 "Putting out" detail

c1905 "Putting out" detail

c1905 Little Red Riding Hood
colour lithograph

c1905 Through the Green with the Georges
chromolithograph 31.5 x 61 cm

c1905 Through the Green with the Georges detail

c1905 Through the Green with the Georges detail

1906 "Who said Treasury?"
ink and watercolour on paper

1906 A Question of Figure.
published in The Sketch

1906 Association Football and The Men Who Made It, Vol.1
hard-back book
The Fifa Collection

1906 Barcelone Sejour d'Hiver
(Winter stay in Barcelona)
colour lithograph poster 130 x 98.5 cm

1906 Good Queen Bess (Elizabeth I):

Front Cover
hard-back, colour lithograph

Title Page

Childhood of Elizabeth I
colour lithograph

Elizabeth I proclaimed Queen at Hatfield
colour lithograph

The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth I
colour lithograph

Elizabeth I accompanies her sister, Queen Mary, on her entry into London
colour lithograph

Elizabeth I accompanies her sister, Queen Mary, on her entry into London
 colour lithograph

Elizabeth I and Sir Walter Raleigh
colour lithograph

Elizabeth I dancing lesson
colour lithograph

Elizabeth I protests against the Scottish use of the Royal Arms
colour lithograph

Elizabeth I refuses the Crown of the Netherlands
colour lithograph

Elizabeth I reviews the troops at Tilbury
colour lithograph

Elizabeth I with William Shakespeare and Francis Bacon
colour lithograph

The revels at Kenilworth
colour lithograph

How Elizabeth I dealt with tramps
colour lithograph

Elizabethan London at Night
colour lithograph

The first pipe smoked in England
colour lithograph

Sir Francis Drake and Sir John Hawkins at bowls
colour lithograph

The Invincible Armada attacked by Fire Ships
colour lithograph

The last of the Invincible Armada
colour lithograph

Every inch a Queen
colour lithograph

How Elizabeth I dealt with tramps
colour lithograph