The Baby's Bouquet, A Fresh Bunch of Rhymes and Tunes
"The Baby’s Bouquet," along with "The Baby’s Opera" (21.36.157</u>), is among Crane’s best-known works. The decoration of the nursery featured in the title illustration displays Crane’s skill as a designer of ornament and wallpaper as well as his stylistic affiliation with the Arts and Crafts movement. His sister Lucy was responsible for the collection and arrangement of the tunes in this volume.
Artwork Details
- Title: The Baby's Bouquet, A Fresh Bunch of Rhymes and Tunes
- Artist: Walter Crane (British, Liverpool 1845–1915 Horsham)
- Printer: Edmund Evans (British, Southwark, London 1826–1905 Ventnor, Isle of Wight)
- Publisher: Frederick Warne & Co. London and New York
- Author: Tunes collected and arranged by Lucy Crane (British, 1842–1882)
- Date: 1878
- Medium: Illustrations: color wood engraving
- Dimensions: 7 1/8 x 7 5/16 x 7/16 in. (18.1 x 18.5 x 1.1 cm)
- Classification: Books
- Credit Line: Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1970
- Object Number: 1970.565.590
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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