The Grey City of the North - A Book of Drawings by Jessie M King
Title: The Grey City of the North - A Book of Drawings by Jessie M King
Author: Jessie M. King
Publisher: T. N. Foulis, Edinburgh & London
Date: 1912
Softcover - 24 Black and White plates with short descriptions opposite.
Synopsis
A book of drawings by Jessie M. King, paper cover with green coloured design, twenty-five full-page black and white illustrations
About the Author
Jessie Marion King (20 March 1875 – 3 August 1949) was a Scottish illustrator known for her illustrated children’s books. She also designed bookplates, jewellery and fabric, and painted pottery. King was one of the artists known as the Glasgow Girls. She was born at the manse, New Kilpatrick, in Bearsden, Dunbartonshire, near Glasgow. King began training as an art teacher in 1891 at Queen Margaret College (Glasgow). In 1892 she entered the Glasgow School of Art. As a student, she received a number of awards, including her first silver medal from the National Competition, South Kensington (1898). King was made Tutor in Book Decoration and Design at Glasgow School of Art in 1899. She continued to teach until her marriage to E. A. Taylor in 1908
Condition Notes
The Original dustcover is rubbed and darkened and has some tears and fraying around the edges - thsi is maninly due to the fact that the cover is longer that the boards underneath and if kept on a shelf will obviously decay somewhat. However the inside pages are excellent and in clean and bright condition making this a very good quality book.
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