Wheeler, Dorothy M.

155 by 580mm., ink and watercolour drawing, signed lower right, mounted, framed and glazed

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In 1916 A. & C. Black published a music book of English Nursery Rhymes, selected and edited by L. Edna Walter. Harmonies were by Lucy E. Broadwood and the illustrations were by Dorothy M. Wheeler (see also lots 264-265). Wheeler (1891-1966) was a fine watercolourist who started her career in the style of Kate Greenaway. He later became one of the main illustrators of Enid Blyton's books. This fine watercolour was reproduced across the endpapers of the volume, although not in colour.