"Hush-a-by-Baby"―page design
This design was made for a 1912 publication containing music by Joseph Moorat and illustrations by his brother-in-law Paul Woodroffe. After studies at the Slade School, the latter joined the Art Workers' Guild, then became part of the circle of Charles Robert Ashbee, whose Guild of Handicraft and Essex House Press had moved to Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire from London in 1902. Moorat already lived in nearby Westington and, when Woodroffe bought an adjacent cottage in 1904, Ashbee supervised the renovations. Working at the heart of the Arts and Crafts community, and aware of predecessors and contemporaries, Woodroffe here represents a baby in a cradle supported by the branches of a flowering tree―scattered petals and a falling rattle below reflect the rhyme's end.
Artwork Details
- Title: "Hush-a-by-Baby"―page design
- Series/Portfolio: Thirty Old-Time Nursery Songs
- Artist: Paul Vincent Woodroffe (British (born India), Madras 1875–1954 Eastbourne)
- Author: Music arranged by Joseph Samuel Moorat (British, 1864–1938)
- Date: May 30, 1906
- Medium: Pen and black ink, with watercolor
- Dimensions: sheet: 14 7/16 x 10 9/16 in. (36.6 x 26.9 cm)
- Classification: Drawings
- Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Holme, 1984
- Object Number: 1984.1056.40
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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