Posted by William Dashfield on August 12, 1998 at 12:11:21:
In Reply to: Re: Illustration Error in Secret Water posted by Gretchen on August 08, 1998 at 00:24:53:
The first few books were originally illustrated by professional illustrators.
In Peter Duck - which was 'written' by the S & A - the pictures were drawn by
AR but attributed to the children. (...illustrated mainly by themselves" on the flyleaf. I also seem to remember that in Missee Lee many of the pictures are 'signed' by the children.
These pictures were such a succcess that AR illustrated all the following books, and did new sets of illustrations for S&A and Swallowdale. I would guess - and its only a guess - that he started with S&A, and was initially going to have the 'drawn' by the children, so signed it Nancy.
Presumably he decided against this, but forgot to remove the signature.
Any other theories?
regards
William Dashfield
Wellington New Zealand