Bradley, Helen - And Miss Carter Wore Pink (1972)

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Scenes from an Edwardian Childhood

London, London; Jonathan Cape, 3rd edition, 1972

Hardcover, cloth, title in gold on front board and spine, with very firm waxpaper dust jacket
Oblong ( 11,7 x 10,5 tall)
31 Pages

No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very clear gilt lettering to front and spine and a very good dustjacket

Few artists have captured the flavour of an Edwardian childhood like Helen Bradley. Her bright, teeming pictures and her own delightful narrative memorably reflect that gentle period - market day, an outing to Blackpool, fairgrounds and funerals, bread-baking, a day at the races, carol-singing in the snow. Those same loved characters make their appearance: three maiden aunts with their sweeping muslin skirts, their friend Miss Carter (who always wore pink), Mr. Taylor the Bank Manager, and the dogs Gyp and Barney.

Helen Bradley M.B.E. (1900 - 1979) painted scenes of her childhood.
She was born on the 20th of November 1900 at number 58, High Street, Lees, near Oldham, Lancashire. She was interested in art all her life, but it was not until she was in her sixties and her grandchildren were asking what life was like when she was a child, that she started painting the scenes she remembered of her own Edwardian Childhood.
These narrative paintings were first exhibited at The Saddleworth Art Society in 1965, followed by a London exhibition in 1966, and a sell out exhibition at the appropriately named Carter Gallery in Los Angeles in 1968.
In 1971 Jonathan Cape published the first of four books And Miss Carter Wore Pink. This was an instant success. German, French, Dutch and Japanese editions were published, and a special edition produced for the U.S.A.

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