Bill Peckmann &Books &Illustration 08 Jun 2012 04:59 am
Ward’s Elsie Cookbook
- Bill Peckmann sent on these scans of Keith Ward‘s illustrations for Elsie’s Cookbook. This book was a commercial product tie-in to Borden’s Foods who used “Elsie” as their trademark.The book was loaned to us by Denis Wheary. The two-color spot illustrations show off Ward’s ability to draw making it look like the most natural thing in the world. The ink line is also quite beautiful.
The remainder of the comments under the book’s pages are Bill’s.
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Main title page
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Elsie’s dedication to Elmer the bull. I’m assuming this
was before he went off and started hawking his glue.
Keith Ward is not listed in the credits, but Elsie gives
him his just due here in the dedication.
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Whoa there, this chapter takes on a little bit of a
surreal quality, but the human condition being
what it is, always has a way of making
everything seem okay.
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“Desserts”, this is the last chapter heading in the book, and kudos
again to Denis Wheary for sharing these not easy to find treats
with us! What a gift KW had to make animal drawing look so,
so easy. One wonders what he could have done in the animation
field given a chance, or if he had authored a ‘How to Draw’ animal
book, ala Ken Hultgren. In the ’50′s he did venture into
sculpting Halloween masks.
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From the years 1932 to 1952, from ‘Muggins Mouse’ to ‘Elsie the Cow’, from the age of 24 to the age of 44, we’ve seen in our last few postings of his work, artist Keith Ward‘s amazing range of talent. Here, at the end of our last posting of Denis Wheary’s marvelously, shared, book collection, we’ll reprise a few of KW’s charming, early examples of breaking into the field of illustration in 1932.
1(We’ve posted some of this material before, but these scans
came from the original books rather than copies of the books.
We thought it worth revisiting to show the varity and depth
of Keith Ward’s work.)
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Many thanks to Bill Peckman and Denis Wheary for forwarding this book to us.
on 08 Jun 2012 at 10:11 am 1.Dilly said …
Ah! Those were the days when the husband attempted to cook and the wife throws him out of the kitchen. These amazing drawings reveal much more than draftsmanship. How natural that “good” wives love to wear a froo-froo apron all day, for instance, and boy, can they balance the family checkbook. Don’t forget to crack those chicken bones!
on 08 Jun 2012 at 3:22 pm 2.The Gee said …
In the “Elsie†book, page 18 about Cheese shows the bull as looking appropriately frustrated and constipated.
Both books look interesting and that is an amazing career Ward had.
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