The Stick Fire
Kate Greenaway’s children are depicted with typical Victorian nostalgia with their hallmark soft curls and round rosy cheeks. Her children are most often depicted in attitudes of adult life with solemn absorbed faces, yet they retain the innocence and simplicity of childhood.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 62/1924/114
- Category
- Fine Art
- Collection Class
- Drawings
- Collector Excavator
- Veitch, Sir Harry James (from the collection of)
- Medium
- watercolour on thick card
- Common Name
- The Stick Fire
- Simple Name
- drawing
- Inscription Transcription
- K Greenaway; THE STICK FIRE by Kate Greenaway; EXETER/RAMM
- Period Classification
- Victorian (1837-1901)
- Production Town
- London
- Production Country
- United Kingdom: England
- Production Person Initials
- Kate
- Production Person Surname
- Greenaway
- Production Year Low
- 1892
- Production Year High
- 1898
