Evaline Ness papers, 1964-1972.

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Evaline Ness papers, 1964-1972.

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This collection contains dummies, sketches, paste-ups, preliminary and finished artwork, and color separations for eight books illustrated by Evaline Ness. The majority of the collection consists of illustrations and book jacket designs for Lloyd Alexander's Prydain series: Coll and His White Pig, The Truthful Harp, The Book of Three, The Black Cauldron, The Castle of Llyr, Taran Wanderer, and The High King. There are also a small number of illustrations by Ness for Old Mother Hubbard and Her Dog, written by Sarah Catherine Martin.

5.08 linear feet.

Free Library of Philadelphia, Parkway Central Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7371503

Free Library of Philadelphia, Parkway Central Library

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Free Library of Philadelphia. Central Children's Dept.

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Ness, Evaline

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Evaline (Michelow) Ness was born April 24, 1911, in Union City, Ohio, and grew up in Pontiac, Michigan. She attended Ball State Teachers College (1931-1932) and the Chicago Art Institute (1933-1935) before quitting to become a fashion artist and model. In 1938, the famous Prohibition agent Eliot Ness became her second husband. She continued her successful career as an illustrator in New York after their divorce in 1946. In 1954 she illustrated her first book for children, The Story of Ophelia by...

Alexander, Lloyd

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Lloyd Alexander (1924-2007) was a children's book author from Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania. From the description of Lloyd Alexander papers, 1924-2007. (Brigham Young University). WorldCat record id: 497971199 Lloyd (Chudley) Alexander was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on January 30, 1924. He is best known as a children's book author whose works include The Black Cauldron, The Marvelous Misadventures of Sebastian, and Westmark. Before becoming a children's book author, howe...