Kate Greenaway was the daughter of John Greenaway, a wood-engraver for Punch and the London Illustrated News. Kate was one of the most popular figures in British book illustration in the latter part of the 19th Century. Her illustrations for children's books have remained enormously popular all over the world but especially in Britain and America. The public could not seem to get enough of Kate Greenaway and there were imitators everywhere.

Her England is a world of childhood, where children dance in flowery meadows and characters from nursery rhymes find a life which is forever beautiful and innocent. The quaintly dressed children with their adult expressions were an overnight success in the 19th century and still enjoy great popularity today.

From 1871 she produced various designs for Christmas and Valentine cards. She started working on her first almanac in 1882. She began designing book illustrations for printer Edmund Evans who also featured images by both Crane and Caldecott as prints in his books.

As well as her book illustrations, Greenaway exhibited her watercolors at the Royal Academy from 1877, and had a widely praised exhibition of her work at the Fine Arts Society in 1891, on which occasion Lord Leighton bought a couple of drawings.

Greenaway became a good friend of John Ruskin, the celebrated poet, maintaining a long correspondence with him.

Young woman and two children wrapped up against the chill winds of winter in the snow. A long red jacket with fur collar and a beautiful hat, children, jackets pulled about. Bare trees. Fantastic. Print size 3 3/4" x 3 3/4".

Very Good condition.

From Kate Greenaways Birthday Book, London Frederick Warne & New York. Book not dated thought to be middle to late 20th century.

$9.99 + postage & packaging.

Five children play ring a ring a roses in the spring. Charming scene of pretty and colorful dresses in blue, pink and green and beautiful hats. In the distance, fields and hills and a windmill to complete the harmony of this country scene. Print size 3 3/4" x 3 3/4".

Very Good condition.

From Kate Greenaways Birthday Book, London Frederick Warne & New York.Book not dated but thought to be middle to late 20th century.

$9.99 + postage & packaging.

Midsummer scene of Three girls in bonnets skipping on the lawn. String of birds in the sky.
Print size 3 3/4" x 3 3/4".

Very Good condition.

From Kate Greenaways Birthday Book, London Frederick Warne & New York. Book undated thought to be middle to late 20th century.

$9.99 + postage & packaging.

Two beautiful infants on a rock by the sea surrounded by water, sailboats in the distance.
The children look stranded and the small boy looks to his sister with concern. Both are dressed in wonderful outfits. sea life clinging to the rock includes a starfish. Two gulls attend. Print size 3 3/4" x 3 3/4".

Very Good condition.

From Kate Greenaways Birthday Book, London Frederick Warne & New York. Book not dated but thought to be middle to late 20th century.

$9.99 + postage & packaging.

Two young children play badminton in their garden. The shuttlecock is in mid air, both childrens' eyes are locked on it and both trying to get their battledores there. The little boy is wearing a adorable orange and red checkered outfit and a straw hat, the girl has a pretty green and blue dress with a matching hat. Behind them is a cottage. It is a cold winters day. This print is 3 3/4" x 3 3/4".

Very Good condition.

From Kate Greenaways Birthday Book, London Frederick Warne & New York. Book not dated but thought to be middle to late 20th century.

$9.99 + postage & packaging.