Children Collecting Leaves

Item

Title

Children Collecting Leaves

Description

This piece shows two girls, one older and one younger, walking side by side perpendicular to the viewer. They are carrying sprigs with yellow leaves. Behind them, facing the same direction a young boy squats down to pick up some leaves of his own.

Creator

Bertha May Ingle

Date

c. 1930: This is done in the style of Ingle's illustrations which she mostly did in the 1920s and 30s.

Format

Watercolour on paper

Identifier

0417

Source

BMIAA assets

Type

Illustration/Genre

Original Format

Watercolour

Physical Dimensions

10.5 x 9 inches