A Brush With The Past by Shirley Hughes

A Brush With The Past by Shirley Hughes

Shirley Hughes' rich narrative paintings and finely observed line illustrations are interwoven with fascinating details, capturing the atmosphere of the era. Stunning double-page spreads offer poignant snapshots of life, from an elegant Edwardian picnic to afternoon tea in the trenches during the First World War.

Shirley Hughes has created a new kind of non-fiction with this combination of sketchbook and history book. . The ecleticism of the drawings inescapably places the grave and the frivolous side by side, but the book offers not only a useful timeline but also a valuable guide to how history used to look -- Nicolette Jones * The Sunday Times *
There is much to reflect on . . . This is a fascinating book for children and adults -- Kate Agnew * Guardian *
A fascinating personal selection . . . One for the whole family to talk about * Carousel *
Richly narrative paintings and finely observed line illustrations are interwoven with fascinating details, capturing the atmosphere of an extraordinarily exciting era * Good Book Guide *
Brings the past to life in a new way -- Julia Eccleshare * Front Row, BBC Radio 4 *

Shirley was born in West Kirby, near Liverpool, and studied fashion and dress design at Liverpool Art School, before continuing her studies at the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art in Oxford. She then embarked on a career as a freelance illustrator in London, where she still lives today. She illustrated other writers' work, including Noel Streatfeild, Alison Uttley, Ian Seraillier, Margaret Mahy and notably Dorothy Edwards's My Naughty Little Sister series.

Shirley began to write and draw her own picture books when her children were young. Her first book - Lucy and Tom's Day - was published in 1960, and she followed it with, among others, Dogger and the Alfie series.

Shirley Hughes has won the Other Award, the Eleanor Farjeon Award, and the Kate Greenaway Medal for Illustration twice, for Dogger in 1977 and for Ella's Big Chance in 2003. In 2007 Dogger was voted the public's favourite Greenaway winner of all time. Shirley received an OBE in 1999 for services to Children's Literature, and a CBE in 2017. She is the first recipient of Booktrust's Lifetime Achievement Award.

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ISBN 13	9780370328393
ISBN 10	0370328396
Title	A Brush With The Past
Author	Shirley Hughes
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Penguin Random House Children's UK
Year published	2005-10-06
Number of pages	112
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.