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Veronica
Title
Veronica.
Production
[New York, New York], [circa 1961]
Physical Description
35 illustrations in 1 volume : watercolor and pen and ink ; volume 27 x 21 cm
Notes
Title from cover.
Place and date of creation supplied by cataloger.
Manuscript notations and typescript text on each page.
Notations and text in English.
Provenance
Purchased from Aleph-Bet Books, Inc. on the Jockey Hollow Fund, 2013.
Access and use
This material is open for research.
Biographical / Historical Note
Roger Duvoisin (1900-1980) was a Swiss-born American illustrator and author of children's books. Duvoisin won the Caldecott Medal for picture books in 1948.
Summary
A book dummy consisting of 35 illustrations by Roger Duvoisin for his book Veronica, published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1961. Includes 17 watercolor illustrations and 18 pen and ink drawings. The story is about Veronica, a hippopotamus who is never noticed among all the other hippopotamuses. Veronica sets out to find a country where she can be conspicuous, but finds city life not so great.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 10, 2021
References
Roger Duvoisin, Veronica. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Roger Duvoisin, Veronica. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Drawings (visual works)
Dummies (printed matter)
Illustrations (layout features)
Watercolors (paintings)
Occupation
Illustrators United States 20th century.
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