Illustration for "The Six Dead Secrets" from "Topsy-Turvy Tales"

Author Related author Elsie Smeaton Munro British

Publisher Related publisher John Lane, The Bodley Head British

ca. 1923

Not on view

This is one of a series of humorous, often gently satirical drawings that William Heath Robinson made to illustrate "Topsy-Turvy Tales"–one of the gift books in which John Lane at the Bodley Head specialized. The author Elsie Smeaton Munro came to the publisher in 1922 with twelve children's stories and Heath's association produced delightfully whimsical results. The Museum has twelve drawings related to the project, nine black and white images and three watercolors.

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Title: Illustration for "The Six Dead Secrets" from "Topsy-Turvy Tales"
Artist: William Heath Robinson (British, London 1872–1944 Highgate, London)
Author: Related author Elsie Smeaton Munro (British, 1882–1961 Glasgow)
Publisher: Related publisher John Lane, The Bodley Head (British, 1854–1925)
Date: ca. 1923
Medium: Watercolor and gouache (bodycolor)
Dimensions: Image: 14 3/8 × 9 3/4 in. (36.5 × 24.8 cm)
Sheet: 16 3/4 x 11 3/8 in. (42.5 x 28.9 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1967
Object Number: 67.805.1
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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