Lot # 48 - "Elsie Marley" Woodblock art by Kate Greenaway

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Start Date/Time: 18-Mar-2026 7:00:00 AM
End Date/Time: 25-Mar-2026 7:47:00 PM
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This framed artwork is a vintage illustration of the traditional nursery rhyme "Elsie Marley," created by the renowned Victorian artist and illustrator Kate Greenaway (1846–1901)


About the Piece
  • Artist: Kate Greenaway was one of the most influential children's book illustrators of the 19th century. Her "Greenaway style"—characterized by children in idealized 18th-century costumes—became a massive fashion and decor trend in the late Victorian era.
  • Subject: The illustration depicts a young woman named Elsie Marley lying in a grand four-poster bed. According to the rhyme, she has "grown so fine" that she refuses to get up and do her chores (serving the swine), choosing instead to sleep until "eight or nine."
  • Design Details: This specific print features the central bedroom scene flanked by two sunflowers, a common motif in Greenaway's botanical-focused work.

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