Author: BROWNING, ROBERT / GRAHAME JOHNSTONE, JANET & ANNE.
Title: The Pied Piper of Hamelin.
Description: London: Dean & Sons Ltd, 1969. 1st in this edition. The classic German folklore legend with verse by Robert Browning, and illustrations by twin sisters Janet and Anne Grahame Johnstone. A piper, dressed in multicoloured ("pied") clothing, who is a rat catcher, is hired by the town to lure rats away with his magic pipe. When the citizens refuse to pay for this service as promised, he retaliates by using his instrument's magical power on their children, leading them away as he had the rats. 32cms x 24cms. Unpaginated. Full colour illustrations throughout. Illustrated laminated boards. VG.** Janet and Anne Grahame Johnstone were English twin sisters and children's book illustrators best known for their delicate, detailed prolific artwork and for illustrating Dodie Smith's classic book The Hundred and One Dalmatians. They always worked together, passing drawings back and forth across their studio until both twins were satisfied with the final outcome. Janet specialized in animals and birds. Anne focused on the period costumes that so dominated their work. Because of their symbiotic collaboration, until the death of Janet in 1979, there was never a book illustrated under either one of their names alone. Over the course of their career together, the sisters illustrated more than 100 books.Early in their career they worked extensively in British television, during the formative years of children's programming. They produced a considerable amount of artwork for programmes including "Andy Pandy," and "The Flower Pot Men.".

Keywords: Robert Browning Pied Piper Hamelin Illustrated Janet Anne Grahame Johnstone Legend Folklore Children Fiction 53008 Childrens Fiction


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