Learning arithmetic circa 1885. Detail from a pencil drawing created in or around 1885 by a Victorian child living in England.
Detail from a pencil drawing by a Victorian child in the family circle of May Chatteris Fisher (1874-1910), who became a professional artist when she grew up. The drawing is not signed or dated, but it was found amongst other drawings and paintings signed by May as a child. We have assumed from the style of the drawing that the artist was probably no more than 10 or 11 years old at the time. This means that the drawing probably dates from circa 1885. May was born near Manchester in north west England, the second of three sisters. As an adult, and after studying at the Manchester Municipal School of Art, she became an accomplished book illustrator and bookplate designer. In 1901 and 1904, she illustrated two books of children’s fairy tales for the publishers Sherratt & Hughes: ‘Ignoramus’ by E. Todd and ‘Pixie’ by Frances Reddaway. In 1902, her works were praised in a survey, published in New York, of female bookplate designers on both sides of the Atlantic. In 1904, May married the established landscape painter, William Smallwood Winder (1869 – 1910), and subsequently signed her work MC Winder.
Size: 5510px × 4408px
Location: England
Photo credit: © Terence Kerr / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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