Pegasus. Summer 1916 [Manuscript title]
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- [Devon, England] , 1916
[Devon, England], 1916. Very good. 10 " x 8¼". Quarter leather over boards. Pp. 135, [20]. Very good: backstrip perished, light scuffing and faint spotting to boards; foxing to pastedowns and loss to (blank) RFEP; a few chips to title page not approaching illustration; foxing and offsetting common throughout but still internally vivid and bright.
This is an astounding, entirely handmade arts and literary journal from England, Pegasus. It was created by the Pegasus Club, a group of amateur artists who exchanged and rated each other's work, and lists the group's members, votes and "criticisms" of the fantastic illustrations, poems and photography found within its pages.
This book began with a letter from the "Editress" providing newsworthy events in the lives of some of the members. There are 18 illustrations in watercolor, colored pencil and charcoal, revealing a beach scene "At Dawlish," "The Direction Post, Berkshire," a "Thatched Cottage" in Devon, portraits of women and flowers. Five of the pieces were to be considered for the "Art Union" prize, with a theme of "A Harmony of Colour, or Where the Blue peeps through." It holds nine poems and two pieces of "proseon subjects not limited to the ongoing great war, "Sympathy," a one-armed organ grinder and a "Celtic Legend," "Singing the songs of the Ancients / Songs of the souls departed." Five of the nine photographs were submitted for the "Photo Union" prize with the theme of "An Old Building" and the other four show views of "A Somerset Lane," children playing on the shore during "Incoming Tide" and the "Whitgift Alms Houses, Croydon." A final, three-page typed contribution pays charming tribute to the "Sayings of Children."
Several pages at the rear reveal the club's winning entries and "Balance Sheet" for the previous year, as well as the voting process. There is a list of members' names and addresses with columns to note when the volume was received and when it was sent on, as well as a record of votes for top choice in each category. The book shows 31 members, about half of each sex, residing in Bristol, Plymouth, Kingsbridge, Sheffield, London and other towns. One page has an adhered envelope to collect "Fines" (either "For not contributing to this Pegasus" or "For keeping Pegasus more than 3 days"). "Criticisms" by the members are found after each contribution, as well as "on this Pegasus as a whole" (one reads, "Better than some but not equal to others") and there is a printed list of themes for entries for each of the issues of 1916. This list reveals the "Editress" of Pegasus as "C.M. Kingwell, Great Aish, S. Brent, S. Devon." We think this may have been Catherine M. Kingwell, who lived from 1874 to 1956 in Devon and was a leading member of the Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art.
A fantastic handmade journal with photographs, poetry and art. OCLC shows one entry for two earlier volumes of Pegasus (1900 and 1901), held at Yale.
This is an astounding, entirely handmade arts and literary journal from England, Pegasus. It was created by the Pegasus Club, a group of amateur artists who exchanged and rated each other's work, and lists the group's members, votes and "criticisms" of the fantastic illustrations, poems and photography found within its pages.
This book began with a letter from the "Editress" providing newsworthy events in the lives of some of the members. There are 18 illustrations in watercolor, colored pencil and charcoal, revealing a beach scene "At Dawlish," "The Direction Post, Berkshire," a "Thatched Cottage" in Devon, portraits of women and flowers. Five of the pieces were to be considered for the "Art Union" prize, with a theme of "A Harmony of Colour, or Where the Blue peeps through." It holds nine poems and two pieces of "proseon subjects not limited to the ongoing great war, "Sympathy," a one-armed organ grinder and a "Celtic Legend," "Singing the songs of the Ancients / Songs of the souls departed." Five of the nine photographs were submitted for the "Photo Union" prize with the theme of "An Old Building" and the other four show views of "A Somerset Lane," children playing on the shore during "Incoming Tide" and the "Whitgift Alms Houses, Croydon." A final, three-page typed contribution pays charming tribute to the "Sayings of Children."
Several pages at the rear reveal the club's winning entries and "Balance Sheet" for the previous year, as well as the voting process. There is a list of members' names and addresses with columns to note when the volume was received and when it was sent on, as well as a record of votes for top choice in each category. The book shows 31 members, about half of each sex, residing in Bristol, Plymouth, Kingsbridge, Sheffield, London and other towns. One page has an adhered envelope to collect "Fines" (either "For not contributing to this Pegasus" or "For keeping Pegasus more than 3 days"). "Criticisms" by the members are found after each contribution, as well as "on this Pegasus as a whole" (one reads, "Better than some but not equal to others") and there is a printed list of themes for entries for each of the issues of 1916. This list reveals the "Editress" of Pegasus as "C.M. Kingwell, Great Aish, S. Brent, S. Devon." We think this may have been Catherine M. Kingwell, who lived from 1874 to 1956 in Devon and was a leading member of the Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art.
A fantastic handmade journal with photographs, poetry and art. OCLC shows one entry for two earlier volumes of Pegasus (1900 and 1901), held at Yale.
Details
Title
Pegasus. Summer 1916 [Manuscript title]
Condition
Very Good
Publisher
[Devon, England]
Date
1916