| Review |
| Content-Type |
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Badger Experience |
| Description | |
The younger daughter of a successful
artist (George Soper), Eileen Soper lived for 80 years in the same Hertfordshire
house, working incessantly at etching and commercial book illustration.
Following the death of her father, she became more interested in the natural
world, and in 1950s she discovered the great passion of her life - badgers. For
months at a time she ventured out to observe and draw the badgers who lived near
her home. She published several books about her observations, but it was not
until after her death that hundreds of superb colour illustrations were
discovered in her studio. Some of the best are reproduced here - the result
being an absorbing and beautiful book. |
| Summary |
|
Like the badger, Eileen Soper was in many
ways a secretive and reclusive figure. That said, the illustrations and
watercolours of badgers are some of the best ever produced; and this is a superb
book if you can find one in good condition. |
| Written by |
|
Eileen Soper (with forward by Duff Hart
Davis) |
| Illustrated by |
|
Eileen Soper |
| Photographs by |
|
None |
| Written in |
|
1955 to 1959 |
| Last Revised in |
|
1992 |
| Size |
|
270mm by 240mm (height by width) |
| Pages |
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144 |
| ISBN |
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None given (Bar Code: CN8274 9 781854 871343) |
| Publisher |
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BCA by arrangement with Robinson Publishing |
| Copyright Owner |
|
Eileen Soper (with forward by Duff Hart
Davis) |
| In Print? |
|
Out of Print |
| Review Date |
|
30 October 2005 |
Front and Cover
| Copyright |
|
Copyright in these images is retained
by their owners. Images are shown so you can see what the item looks like
or if you need inspiration to create your own original badger artwork. |
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Click thumbnail image to see a larger image |
