Untitled (For thee, oh dear, dear country), date unknown, pencil and ink on paper. Courtesy of Clarissa Daulby and Rose de Wend Fenton.

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Untitled (For thee, oh dear, dear country)

Untitled (date unknown), pencil and ink on paper. Courtesy of Clarissa Daulby and Rose de Wend Fenton.

These drawings are likely to be of Boyle’s children, Nellie and Hamilton.

Untitled

‘Beauty and the Beast at supper’ illustration for Beauty and the Beast (1875), watercolour, gouache and shell gold on paper. Private collection.

Beauty and the Beast at supper (illustration for Beauty and the Beast)

Untitled, 1846, Eleanor Vere Boyle, Courtesy of Clarissa Daulby and Rose de Wend Fenton

Untitled (illustration for Ros Roserum ex horto Poetarum, 'THE FUNERAL OF THE ROSE'), c. 1885, ink and gouache on paper, Eleanor Vere Boyle, Courtesy of Clarissa Daulby and Rose de Wend Fenton

Untitled (illustration for Ros Roserum ex horto Poetarum, 'THE FUNERAL OF THE ROSE')

Untitled (including Haddo House), date unknown, ink on paper. Courtesy of Clarissa Daulby and Rose de Wend Fenton.

Untitled (Haddo House)

Draft cover illustration for Colette's "Claudine Married" (1960), Secker & Warburg, photolithograph print, © Janina Ede, courtesy of Paul Loader.

Rough cover illustration for Colette's "Claudine Married"

Illustration for "It's Sunny Outside" (c. 1974), gouache on paper card, © J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, courtesy of Elaine Capp.

Illustration for "It's Sunny Outside"

Untitled (illustrations for A Book of Heavenly Birthdays), c. 1893, Eleanor Vere Boyle, Courtesy of Clarissa Daulby and Rose de Wend Fenton

Untitled (illustrations for A Book of Heavenly Birthdays)

Cover for The Numbers of Our Days (1959) by Francis Irby Gwaltney, Secker and Warburg, photolithograph. © Secker and Warburg (now Harvill Secker, part of Penguin), courtesy of Paul Loader.

Cover jacket for "The Numbers of Our Days"

Illustration for Beauty and the Beast (a lady comforting Beauty), c. 1875, watercolour and gouache on paper, Eleanor Vere Boyle. Private collection.

Illustration for Beauty and the Beast (a lady comforting Beauty)

Untitled (c. 1968), ink on paper, © Janina Ede, private collection.

Printed book cover proof for A Pocket Full of Mice (c. 1984) by Margaret J. Miller, Hodder & Stoughton, photolithograph on paper. © Janina Ede, Courtesy of Elaine Capp.

Printed book cover proof for A Pocket Full of Mice 

Book cover proof for Colette's "Claudine at School" (1960), Secker & Warburg, photolithograph print. © Secker and Warburg (now Harvill Secker, part of Penguin), courtesy of Paul Loader.

Book cover proof for Colette's "Claudine at School"

Untitled (date unknown), ink and pencil on paper, © Janina Ede, private collection.

Illustration for Beauty and the Beast (the sisters' husbands), c. 1875, watercolour, gouache and shell gold on paper, Eleanor Vere Boyle. Private collection.

Illustration for Beauty and the Beast (the sisters' husbands)

Untitled, date unknown, ink on paper. Courtesy of Clarissa Daulby and Rose de Wend Fenton.

Untitled (illustration for Child's Play, 'Little boy blue'), c. 1851, Eleanor Vere Boyle, Courtesy of Clarissa Daulby and Rose de Wend Fenton

Untitled (illustration for Child's Play, 'Little boy blue')

Untitled (illustration for Child's Play, 'Curly Locks'), c. 1851, Eleanor Vere Boyle, Courtesy of Clarissa Daulby and Rose de Wend Fenton

Untitled (illustration for Child's Play, 'Curly Locks')

Untitled (date unknown), ink on paper, © Janina Ede. Private collection.

Untitled (date unknown), ink and pencil on paper. Courtesy of Clarissa Daulby and Rose de Wend Fenton.

Teremok [The cabin]

Untitled (illustration for Child's Play, 'O That I Were Where I Would Be'), c. 1851, Eleanor Vere Boyle, Courtesy of Clarissa Daulby and Rose de Wend Fenton

Untitled (illustration for Child's Play, 'O That I Were Where I Would Be')

Untitled (date unknown), Janina Ede, pencil and watercolour on paper. © Janina Ede, Courtesy of Elaine Capp.

Untitled (draft illustration for Child's Play, 'Little boy blue'), date unknown, ink on paper, Eleanor Vere Boyle, Courtesy of Clarissa Daulby and Rose de Wend Fenton

Untitled (draft illustration for Child's Play, 'Little boy blue')

Untitled [David] (date unknown), ink and paper on pencil. Courtesy of Clarissa Daulby and Rose de Wend Fenton.

Untitled (David)

Book cover proof for Colette's "Claudine Married" (1960), illustrated by Janina Ede, photolithograph print. © Secker and Warburg (now Harvill Secker, part of Penguin), courtesy of Paul Loader.

Book cover proof for "The Stories of Colette"

Raznye Zveri [Different Beasts]

Untitled, Eleanor Vere Boyle, Courtesy of Clarissa Daulby and Rose de Wend Fenton

Untitled (1855), ink, gouache and pencil on paper. Courtesy of Clarissa Daulby and Rose de Wend Fenton.

Untitled (c. 1959), pencil and gouache on paper, © Janina Ede. Courtesy of Paul Loader.

Untitled (rough cover illustration for "The Numbers of Our Days")

Book cover proof for Colette's "Claudine in Paris" (1960), Secker & Warburg, photolithograph print. © Secker and Warburg (now Harvill Secker, part of Penguin), courtesy of Paul Loader.

Book cover proof for Colette's "Claudine in Paris"

Untitled (date unknown), ink on paper. Courtesy of Clarissa Daulby and Rose de Wend Fenton.

Untitled (date unknown), pencil on paper. Courtesy of Clarissa Daulby and Rose de Wend Fenton.

Layout proof for Willow and Albert are Stowaways (1970), Brockhampton Press, photolithograph. © Brockhampton Press, Courtesy of Elaine Capp.

Layout proof for Willow and Albert are Stowaways

Rough cover illustration for "Carlotta Mc Bride" (c. 1959), gouache on paper © Janina Ede, courtesy of Paul Loader.

Rough cover illustration for "Carlotta Mc Bride"

Untitled (date unknown), pencil and ink on paper, Eleanor Vere Boyle, Courtesy of Clarissa Daulby and Rose de Wend Fenton

Untitled (illustration for A Book of Heavenly Birthdays), c. 1893, Eleanor Vere Boyle, Courtesy of Clarissa Daulby and Rose de Wend Fenton

Untitled (illustration for A Book of Heavenly Birthdays)

Untitled, date unknown, ink and paper on pencil. Courtesy of Clarissa Daulby and Rose de Wend Fenton.

Untitled (c. 1984), Janina Ede, ink on paper. © Janina Ede, Courtesy of Elaine Capp.

Illustration for A Pocket Full of Mice

Untitled (c. 1986), Janina Ede, ink and pencil on paper. © Janina Ede, Courtesy of Elaine Capp.

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Snezhnaia kniga [The Snow Book]

Cover for "The Patchwork Pack" (1968) by Freda Collins, Brockhampton Press, photolithograph. © Brockhampton Press, private collection.

Cover jacket for "The Patchwork Pack"

Illustration for Beauty and the Beast (the Merchant and the Beast), c. 1875, watercolour and gouache on paper. Private collection.

Illustration for Beauty and the Beast (the Merchant and the Beast)

Untitled (c. 1977), scraperboard print, © Janina Ede, private collection.

Untitled (c. 1968), ink on paper, © Janina Ede. Private collection.

Illustration for Beauty and the Beast (two sisters weeping), c. 1875, watercolour and gouache on paper, Eleanor Vere Boyle. Private collection.

Illustration for Beauty and the Beast (two sisters weeping)

Untitled (date unknown), Janina Ede, pencil on paper. © Janina Ede, Courtesy of Elaine Capp.

Book cover proof for Colette's "The Other One" (1960), Secker & Warburg, photolithograph print. © Secker and Warburg (now Harvill Secker, part of Penguin), courtesy of Paul Loader.

Book cover proof for Colette's "The Other One"

Cover proof for The Essence of Beauty (1959) by Aytoun Ellis, illustrated by Janina Ede, photolithograph. © Secker and Warburg (now Harvill Secker, part of Penguin), courtesy of Paul Loader.

Cover jacket proof for "The Essence of Beauty"

Book cover proof for Colette's "Claudine Married" (1960), Secker & Warburg, photolithograph print. © Secker and Warburg (now Harvill Secker, part of Penguin), courtesy of Paul Loader.

Book cover proof for Colette's "Claudine Married"

Draft cover illustration for A Pocket Full of Mice (c. 1984) by Margaret J. Miller, Hodder & Stoughton, watercolour and gouache on paper. © Janina Ede, Courtesy of Elaine Capp.

Draft cover illustration for A Pocket Full of Mice 

Untitled (unknown date and 1890), pencil, ink and collage on paper. Courtesy of Clarissa Daulby and Rose de Wend Fenton.

Untitled (illustration for Child's Play, 'Tom Tiddler's Ground'), c. 1851, Eleanor Vere Boyle, Courtesy of Clarissa Daulby and Rose de Wend Fenton

Untitled (illustration for Child's Play, 'Tom Tiddler's Ground')

Untitled (c. 1968), pencil on paper, © Janina Ede, private collection.

Illustration for Beauty and the Beast (Beauty embracing the dying Beast), c. 1875, watercolour and gouache on paper, Eleanor Vere Boyle. Private collection.

Illustration for Beauty and the Beast (Beauty embracing the dying Beast)

Untitled (1846), pencil, ink and gouache on paper, Eleanor Vere Boyle, Courtesy of Clarissa Daulby and Rose de Wend Fenton

Illustration for Beauty and the Beast (Beauty with the watch dog), c. 1875, watercolour and gouache on paper, Eleanor Vere Boyle. Private collection.

Illustration for Beauty and the Beast (Beauty with the watch dog)

Illustration for Beauty and the Beast (the wedding), c. 1875, watercolour and gouache on paper, Eleanor Vere Boyle. Private collection.

Illustration for Beauty and the Beast (the wedding)

Untitled (1848), ink on paper. Courtesy of Clarissa Daulby and Rose de Wend Fenton.

Untitled (1893), ink on paper. Courtesy of Clarissa Daulby and Rose de Wend Fenton.

Untitled (illustration for A Book of Heavenly Birthdays, 'The Shadow Waiting with the Keys')

Untitled (illustration for Child's Play, 'Draw a pail of water'), c. 1851, Eleanor Vere Boyle, Courtesy of Clarissa Daulby and Rose de Wend Fenton

Untitled (illustration for Child's Play, 'Draw a pail of water')

Untitled (drawing of south of France), date unknown, ink on paper, Eleanor Vere Boyle. Private collection.

Untitled (drawing of south of France)

Untitled (date unknown), etching on paper, Eleanor Vere Boyle, Courtesy of Clarissa Daulby and Rose de Wend Fenton

Book cover proof for "Carlotta Mc Bride" (1959) by Charles Orson Gorham, illustrated by Janina Ede, photolithograph print. © Secker and Warburg (now Harvill Secker, part of Penguin), courtesy of Paul Loader.

Book cover proof for "Carlotta Mc Bride"

Collette's "Gigi and the Cat"(1958), illustrated by Janina Ede, book published by Penguin. © Penguin, courtesy of Paul Loader.

Collette's "Gigi and the Cat"

Untitled (date unknown), pencil on paper. Courtesy of Clarissa Daulby and Rose de Wend Fenton

Untitled (Gecko)

Untitled (illustration for Child's Play, 'Wee Willie Winkie'), c. 1851, Eleanor Vere Boyle, Courtesy of Clarissa Daulby and Rose de Wend Fenton

Untitled (illustration for Child's Play, 'Wee Willie Winkie')

Dve sobaki [Two Dogs]

Book cover proof for Colette's "Claudine and Annie" (1962), Secker & Warburg, photolithograph print. © Secker and Warburg (now Harvill Secker, part of Penguin), courtesy of Paul Loader.

Book cover proof for Colette's "Claudine and Annie"

Illustration for Beauty and the Beast (Beauty and her two sisters), c. 1875, watercolour and gouache on paper, Eleanor Vere Boyle. Private collection.

Illustration for Beauty and the Beast (Beauty and her two sisters)

Rough cover illustration for "The Essence of Beauty" (1959) by Aytoun Ellis, Secker & Warburg, pencil and gouache on paper. © Janina Ede, courtesy of Paul Loader.

Rough cover illustration for "The Essence of Beauty"

Untitled (illustration for Child's Play, 'Ladybird, Ladybird'), c. 1851, Eleanor Vere Boyle, Courtesy of Clarissa Daulby and Rose de Wend Fenton

Untitled (illustration for Child's Play, 'Ladybird, Ladybird')

Draft cover sketch for A Pocket Full of Mice (c. 1984) by Margaret J. Miller, Hodder & Stoughton, ink on paper. © Janina Ede, Courtesy of Elaine Capp.

Draft cover sketch for A Pocket Full of Mice

Little Silk

Untitled (illustration for "Einar and the Seal")

Draft cover illustration for Collette's "Gigi and the Cat"

Zagadki [Riddles]

It's Sunny Outside (1974) by Margott, illustrated by Janina Ede, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, lithograph © J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, courtesy of Elaine Capp.

It's Sunny Outside

Book cover proof for Colette's "Break of Day" (1961), Secker & Warburg, photolithograph print. © Secker and Warburg (now Harvill Secker, part of Penguin), courtesy of Paul Loader.

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