Original drawing for the title page of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie: Their Adventures Wonderful, 19181918

by May Gibbs

May Gibbs experimented with different designs and hand-drawn letters before choosing this illustration for the title page of her enduring children’s book Snugglepot and Cuddlepie. The timid-looking gumnuts will encounter the big bad banksia men, the wicked Mrs Snake and the wise old kookaburra on their ‘adventures wonderful’.

Call Number: 
PXD 304 vol 2 item 117
Published date: 
1918
Copyright status: In copyright - Life of artist plus 70 years. Approval for reproduction required from the joint copyright holders: Cerebral Palsy Alliance and The Northcott Society