Children Gallery

Girl playing Nurse

A young girl in her nurses outfit, tends to her teddy's injuries with copious bandaging, whilst a pet cat watches on. She seems to be getting her medical knowledge from the First Aid manual in her lap. {Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

© Mary Evans/Malcolm Greensmith

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Ladies First

Illustration by Susan Beatrice Pearse showing an outdoor garden scene of a young boy offering a chocolate to a little girl. Susan Pearse was a regular contributor to the Sphere and other ILN titles. Her illustrations in childrens' books and on posters (including the Start-rite shoes children still in use today) recall the style of Mabel Lucie Attwell and Honor Bishop

© Mary Evans Picture Library 2015 - https://copyrighthub.org/s0/hub1/creation/maryevans/MaryEvansPictureID/10215518

Jack and Jill by Florence Hardy

Two children dressed in clown and Pierrot costumes, play in the snow with a sledge. The little girl, wearing neck ruff and holding a muff to keep her hands warm waves a sprig of holly in the air

© Mary Evans/Peter & Dawn Cope Collection

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