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The designs were part of a wider collaboration between John Hassall and fellow artist Cecil Aldin, ‘Art for the Nursery’, aimed at making the appearance of children's rooms more attractive. This resulted in an exhibition at The Fine Art Society in 1900, Pictures for Children. These friezes were also displayed at the Leighton House centenary John Hassall exhibition in 1968. They were recently on display again at The Fine Art Society as part of the exhibition, British Murals & Decorative Painting, 1910-1970.\r\nThese original designs would have been printed as lithographs by Jellico and Co. to be fixed directly to the walls of children's nurseries.\r\n","physicalDescription":"Original artwork on brown paper.  The images are hand drawn and painted in simplistic manor bright in bold solid colours, with distinctive dark outlines.  There is a line of horizon drawn two thirds of the way up and a dotting of trees along this line.  In the foreground of this images are two children, the first child wears blue sailor suit with shorts, knee high socks and shoes, he is pushing a wheeled animal along by its tail.  The second child wears a Scottish suit and is pushing a toy dog along with a stick.  The artwork is stretched on canvas and framed.  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