Sheilah Beckett's son Sean Smith has contacted me to report that his mother has recently published a new book on the SIX WIVES OF HENRY VIII. I have posted some of Ms. Beckett's wonderful illustrations before and many visitors will recognize her work from Golden Books. Among her prolific titles are: THE 12 Dancing Princesses, The 12 Days of Christmas, Cinderella (from which the above illustration was taken), and my personal favorites, a paperback version of Voltaire's CANDIDE and a trio of Gilbert and Sullivan classics.I have posted several excerpts from the G&S book before, but my failure to index everything here will take some time to look them up.
I haven't seen the new book yet but I look forward to checking it out.
3 comments:
Just beautiful!
Definitely worth checking out!
A lot different than his usual work, huh? More depth and form.
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