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Title
Mixed media book illustrations for 'The Best Cat, Est Cat' by Libby Hathorn and related material, 2019 / by Rosie Handley
Creator
Rosie Handley
Call number
PXD 1542
Level of description
fonds
Date

2019
Type of material
Graphic Materials, Drawings, Textual Records
Reference code
9658493
Issue Copy
Digitised
Physical Description
33 drawings (1 box) - watercolour and mixed media - 29.5 cm x 42 cm
graphic and textual material (2 folders)
ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

'The Best Cat, Est Cat' is a book about the State Library of New South Wales and its rich collections, with reference to Trim, the famous ship's cat who accompanied Matthew Flinders on his voyages to circumnavigate and map the coastline of Australia in 1801–03. The book is a collaboration between the Library and NSW based writer Libby Hathorn. It is the first picture book to be published about the Library by the Library.
The book’s illustrator, Rosie Handley is a graphic designer at the State Library of NSW. Handley’s artworks imaginatively capture the essence of the Library and also feature some of the Library’s most significant and recognisable collection items. Handley studied at the College of Fine Arts and has worked in Sydney as a designer for over 20 years. She has won multiple awards for her design work, including an International Design and Communications Award (IDCA) in exhibition branding, and Museums Australia Publications and Design Awards (MAPDA) for exhibition branding, invitation design and magazine design. She has exhibited her artwork in several local art exhibitions and was a finalist in the Sydney Northern Beaches Art prize in 2020. 'The Best Cat' will be her first published book.
Libby Hathorn (b. 1943) is an award-winning NSW children’s book author who lives and works in Sydney. She has written over 50 books for children and young people, including numerous picture books such as 'The Tram to Bondi Beach', 'Incredabilia', 'A Soldier, a dog and a boy' and 'Miss Franklin How Miles Franklin’s brilliant career began'.
'The Best Cat' is being published by the Library in July 2021
Reference: Library correspondence file
Scope and Content
33 mixed media illustrations by Rosie Handley for 'The Best Cat, Est Cat', by Libby Hathorn, with related material.

1. The cat amongst the books / The Best Cat, front cover / Rosie Handley, 2019
2. The cat amongst library items (books, objects and pictures) / The Best Cat, endpapers / Rosie Handley, 2019
3. Person sits below Matthew Flinders statue looking towards Trim the cat statue on the State Library forecourt / The Best Cat, title page / Rosie Handley, 2019
4. A cat beckons two children into the State Library of NSW / The Best Cat, page 01 / Rosie Handley, 2019
5. Mitchell Library’s bronze doors / The Best Cat, page 02 / Rosie Handley, 2019
6. The cat shares his magic invisibility with the two children in the Mitchell Library vestibule / The Best Cat, page 03 / Rosie Handley, 2019
7. Wonders of the Library’s collection - the biggest, the smallest / The Best Cat, page 04 / Rosie Handley, 2019
8. Mitchell Library Reading Room with readers / The Best Cat, page 05 / Rosie Handley, 2019
9. The cat takes the two children to the Mitchell Library Reading Room / The Best Cat, page 06 / Rosie Handley, 2019
10. The cat shows the children the Galleries... / The Best Cat, page 07 / Rosie Handley, 2019
11. The cat shows the children the Galleries... where the paintings come alive. / The Best Cat, page 08 / Rosie Handley, 2019
12. A visit to the Library stacks... / The Best Cat, page 09 / Rosie Handley, 2019
13. A visit to the Library stacks, with various treasures on show / The Best Cat, page 10 / Rosie Handley, 2019
14. A selection of Library items are presented / The Best Cat, page 11 / Rosie Handley, 2019
15. More Library items are presented / The Best Cat, page 12 / Rosie Handley, 2019
16. The children view the Macquarie Chest, looking into it’s drawers in wonder / The Best Cat, page 13 / Rosie Handley, 2019
17. The cat views some maps / The Best Cat, page 14 / Rosie Handley, 2019
18. In the stacks the children are frightened by the appearance of ghost children / The Best Cat, page 15 / Rosie Handley, 2019
19. The children are frightened by the appearance of ghost children / The Best Cat, page 16 / Rosie Handley, 2019
20. The cat shows the children the conservators at work / The Best Cat, page 17 / Rosie Handley, 2019
21. The ghost children still follow / The Best Cat, page 18 / Rosie Handley, 2019
22. Numerous levels of the Library at work. Much of it is behind the scenes / The Best Cat, page 19 / Rosie Handley, 2019
23. More levels of the Library at work / The Best Cat, page 20 / Rosie Handley, 2019
24. Close up of the cat / The Best Cat, page 21 / Rosie Handley, 2019
25. Close up of the children / The Best Cat, page 22 / Rosie Handley, 2019
26. The cat shows another painting to the real and ghost children / The Best Cat, page 23 / Rosie Handley, 2019
27. Trim's paw with other furry things at the Library / The Best Cat, page 24 / Rosie Handley, 2019
28. Flinders boat the Investigator / The Best Cat, page 25 / Rosie Handley, 2019
29. Bungaree, Trim and Matthew Flinders sail the seas / The Best Cat, page 26 / Rosie Handley, 2019
30. Trim in three poses being an ordinary cute cat / The Best Cat, page 27 / Rosie Handley, 2019
31. Trim turns back into his statue - his magic has ended / The Best Cat, page 28 / Rosie Handley, 2019
32. The real children say goodbye to the ghost children who return to their painting (The Pipers) / The Best Cat, page 29 / Rosie Handley, 2019
33. Trim amongst the books and various Library items / The Best Cat, back cover / Rosie Handley, 2019

Two folders of loose textual and graphic material including preliminary ideas, sketches, drafts, text revisions and printed proofs that document the development of the book.
Copying Conditions
In copyright:
Copyright holder:: State Library of New South Wales
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Creator/Author/Artist
Hathorn, Libby
Subject
Picture books for children--Australia.
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