Printing plate etched with image of child standing beneath a tree. Published in Jacob Grimm, Household Tales, illustrated by Mervyn Peake (London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1946). Undated.
Through the Looking Glass: Alice in the Soup Tureen
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Printing plate etched with image of Alice with the Red Queen and the White Queen. Mervyn Peake's illustrations for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass were first published by Zephyr Books, Stockholm in 1946 and in Britain by Allan Wingate, London in 1954. Block inscribe...
Extracts From the Poems of Oscar Wilde: 'Madonna Mia'
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Printing plate etched with image of a girl's face. Published as an illustration accompanying the poem 'Madonna Mia' in Mervyn Peake/Oscar Wilde: Extracts From the Poems of Oscar Wilde (London: Sidgwick and Jackson, 1980). Block inscribed 'Gill'. Undated [but used to print the Peake family's Chri...
Printing plate etched with route map and directions to [Clare Peake's] wedding reception [at the home of Fabian and Phyllida Peake]. Undated [wedding took place on 4 October 1975].
Ride a Cock-Horse: Type for 'I Had a Little Nut Tree'
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Printing plate etched with type for nursery rhyme from Ride a Cock-Horse and Other Nursery Rhymes, illustrated by Mervyn Peake (London: Chatto & Windus, 1940). Undated.
Printing plate etched with image of a boy in bed, holding up a candle to illuminate a large Babylonian figure. Published in Ride a Cock-Horse and Other Nursery Rhymes, illustrated by Mervyn Peake (London: Chatto & Windus, 1940). Undated.
Ride a Cock-Horse: Image for 'I Had a Little Nut Tree'
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Printing plate etched with image of boy showing nut tree to the King of Spain's daughter. Published in Ride a Cock-Horse and Other Nursery Rhymes, illustrated by Mervyn Peake (London: Chatto & Windus, 1940). Undated.