Illustrated throughout with 7 full page colour and numerous b&w illustrations. Illustrated green boards, colour illustrations.Ī parody of the then popular travel narrative, the story combines Gulliver’s adventures with satire mocking English customs and the politics of the day. The German title translates as “shock-headed Peter” or “Shaggy Peter”, a collection of ten rhymed stories demonstrating disastrous consequences of misbehaviour.ģ0p. Vol 5 (1952): illustrations for ‘Phantom and Patch’ by Pamela Whitlock Vol 3 (1950): decorations for ‘The Eight Beautiful White Horses of Sin Yat’ by James Butler Illustrated dust jacket over patterned boards. Includes 6 colour plates and several b&w line drawings. The tales of little orphan Heidi, who goes to live high in the Alps with her gruff grandfather. The later 1956 edition also has a black illustration of a youth with a hen on the front boards.
Illustrated dust jacket over olive green boards. The Fisherman and the King of the Black Isles ĩ4p.Ī collection of tales from the Arabian nights.Ĭontents: The Rich Merchant and the Genie Anne continued to work on her own in the 1980s and 90s, right up until a few days before her death on. Anne found herself unexpectedly responsible for the entire business previously shared with her sister, yet managed to honour all of their outstanding commissions.
Tragically, Janet died as a result of smoke inhalation following a fire in the kitchen in 1979. Janet and Anne were also involved in a number of programmes for British television, including Charlie the Cat, the Flower Pot Men, Tai Lu, Andy Pandy, and adventures of the cowboy Ross Salmon, which also produced spin-off publications. Janet specialised in animals and birds, while Anne focused on the period costumes that were a key feature of their work. They always worked together, passing drawings back and forth across their studio until both twins were satisfied with the final outcome. The Johnstone sisters’ popularity took off in the early 1950s, when they acquired a reputation as talented illustrators. The twins were born on 1 June 1928 to the painter and stage designer, Doris Zinkeisen, and her husband, Grahame Johnstone, a director of Johnnie Walker whisky and a captain in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. The work of twin artists Anne and Janet Grahame Johnstone is absolutely delightful and widely collected, and probably very familiar to anyone who grew up in the 60s, 70s or 80s.
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