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Peggie Highman-Woods

Girl. Coloured Pencil. 1930s.

Girl. Coloured Pencil. 1930s.

Life study. Red chalk. P.H. 1920s.

Life study. Red chalk. P.H. 1920s.

The crawl. Gouache. P. Highman. 1930s

The crawl. Gouache. P. Highman. 1930s

Baby toe. Gouache on board. Peggy Highman. 1930s

Baby toe. Gouache on board. Peggy Highman. 1930s

My mother worked for the Metal Box Co.before the war. Here's one of the tin containers she designed.

My mother worked for the Metal Box Co.before the war. Here's one of the tin containers she designed.

Baby. Pencil sketch.

Baby. Pencil sketch.

My Mother's thumbnail sketches for greetings cards.

My Mother's thumbnail sketches for greetings cards.

Girl tying shoes. Sketch.

Girl tying shoes. Sketch.

Babies. Sanguine chalk.

Babies. Sanguine chalk.

Young girl with baby. Sanguine chalk.

Young girl with baby. Sanguine chalk.

Babies. Sanguine chalk.

Babies. Sanguine chalk.

Babies. Sanguine chalk.

Babies. Sanguine chalk.

Tall house. Peggie Highman. Pencil sketch.

Tall house. Peggie Highman. Pencil sketch.

Ludwig van Beethoven. Clay and cast in plaster. Peggie Highman.

Ludwig van Beethoven. Clay and cast in plaster. Peggie Highman.

Baby sketches. Probably me.

Baby sketches. Probably me.

Pencil portrait.

Pencil portrait.

Rio Harbour with Graf Zeppelin. 1920. Pencil.

Rio Harbour with Graf Zeppelin. 1920. Pencil.

Life study. Sanguine pencil. 1920s.

Life study. Sanguine pencil. 1920s.

Pencil sketch portrait

Pencil sketch portrait

Quick portrait - watercolour and pencil. 1920s.

Quick portrait - watercolour and pencil. 1920s.

And yet more quick sketches

And yet more quick sketches

Yet more quick sketches

Yet more quick sketches

More quick sketches

More quick sketches

Quick sketches of people, from my mother’s many sketchbooks. 1920s.

Quick sketches of people, from my mother’s many sketchbooks. 1920s.

Bedtime

Bedtime

Feeding the ducks

Feeding the ducks

To catch a little fish . . .

To catch a little fish . . .

Design for a metal box top. 1930s. Peggie Highman.

Design for a metal box top. 1930s. Peggie Highman.

The funniest little old man. Pen and ink with brush. Book illustration.

The funniest little old man. Pen and ink with brush. Book illustration.

Nightmare

Nightmare

Little Girl

Little Girl

Horse Riding

Horse Riding

"I couldn't open the lid"

"I couldn't open the lid"

An Elizabethan fable illustration. 1920s.

An Elizabethan fable illustration. 1920s.

Mouse in the House

Mouse in the House

Christmas Stockings

Christmas Stockings

Book illustration.

Book illustration.

Christmas card. 1920s. Linocut heightened with white and red Gouache.

Christmas card. 1920s. Linocut heightened with white and red Gouache.

Trophy

Trophy

Escape

Escape

Peggie Highman - book illustration 1930s.

Peggie Highman - book illustration 1930s.

Small landscape watercolour, done by my mother,Peggie Highman, when she was 8 years old!

Small landscape watercolour, done by my mother,Peggie Highman, when she was 8 years old!

Hide and seek

Hide and seek

Carol singers. Christmas card.

Carol singers. Christmas card.

Prototype for the front cover of ‘Ruth and Mr. Podge’.

Prototype for the front cover of ‘Ruth and Mr. Podge’.

Yet another Christmas card design, ready for the lettering.

Yet another Christmas card design, ready for the lettering.

Cracker-pulling contest. Brush drawing with Poster paint.

Cracker-pulling contest. Brush drawing with Poster paint.

Silver paint and gouache.

Silver paint and gouache.

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