Series 03: Original drawings & related materials for children's books, c.1930s - 1966 / drawn by Sheila Hawkins

PXE 1443/Boxes 2-4

series

c.1930s - 1966

Graphic Materials, Watercolours

414456

744 items, chiefly drawings - ink, crayon, charcoal, pencil and watercolours on various paper types or cardboard or plastic film - 35 x 52 cm. or smaller

PXE 1443/Box 2

6. Bill and the Bargee [not published. 33 items including loose drawings, letters, newscuttings & a bound sketchbook]
7. Long Grass Whispers [123 items, mostly drawings, including explanatory note from the artist. 1939]
8. Tommy with a Hole in his Shoe [14 drawings & letters, 1957]
9. Three Men & a Girl [1958] & Top off the Milk [1959. 21 drawings]
10. Miss Hare & Mr Tortoise [1959. 14 items including drawings, letters & watercolours]
11. Basil Chimpy Isn't Bright [1959] & Basil Chimpy's Comic Light [1960. 42 items including drawings & watercolours]
12. Henrietta in Love [1961. 25 items, chiefly drawings]
13. The Elf's New House [1962. 15 items, chiefly drawings]
14. The Careless Cockatoos [1963. 15 items, chiefly drawings]
15. Air Lift for Grandee [1964. 15 drawings]

PXE 1443/Box 3

16. Bruzzy Bear & the Cabin Boy [1940. 8 items]
17. The Bear Brothers' Holiday & The Bear Brothers [1942. 21 items]
18. The Meeting Pool [1954. 63 items including printed and manuscript material]
19. Wish & the Magic Nut [1956. 46 items]
20. Tales of a Teddy Bear [1958. 10 drawings]

PXE 1443/Box 4

21. On the Feast of Stephen [1965. 21 drawings]
22. March has Horse's Ears [1966. 17 items]
23. Taliesan [1966. 16 items]
24. More Animals [1966. 152 items]
25. More Animals [1966. 25 items]
26. [47 miscellaneous drawings, n.d.]

Artist's arrangement preserved - by book title

Copyright status:: In copyright - Life of creator plus 70 years

Though chiefly drawings, there are also research notes, bookjackets, letters, annotated typescripts and newscuttings relating to the drawings or publication of the books in this collection

Some drawings signed by artist on reverse in pencil

Many drawings inscribed with handwritten notes concerning publication technicalities

Many items torn. Some offsetting