Sub-series 5: Drawings for Jan Farr

PXD 1556

sub-series

1974-1978

Graphic Materials, Drawings

9662887

88 drawings (1 box) - pen, ink, watercolour

Jan Farr (1940 –) writes plays, poems, stories and picture books for children. She was born in Hokitika, New Zealand. Her publications, including plays, children's books, and short stories. Pamela Allen illustrated a number of her books in the 1970s including Mummy, How Cold is a Witch’s Nose (1973); Big Sloppy Dinosaur Socks (1974); Mummy, are Giants Too Big for Their Boots? (1975).

Reference:
https://www.read-nz.org/writer/farr-jan/

This collection includes drawings produced during Pamela Allen’s early collaboration in New Zealand with Jan Farr, a writer of paperback stories for children in the 1970s.

Folder 1
1-29. Photocopies of drawings for Jan Farr’s books including 'Mummy how cold is a witches nose?', and one original drawing which Pamela Allen took with her to Tasmania in 1976

Folder 2
30-88. Original drawings, mostly ink but some watercolour and pen and ink, 1974-1978. Includes:
A paper parrot with page text, 1974 (23 sheets)
Illustrations for Jan Farr stories before 1978 (36 sheets)

In copyright:
Copyright holder:: Pamela Allen
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy Pamela Allen