Greenaway

[ green-uh-wey ]

/ ˈgrin əˌweɪ /

noun

KateCatherine, 1846–1901, English painter and author and illustrator of children's books.

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Examples from the Web for greenaway

Thirty-two designs, engraved on wood by Greenaway & Wright, and published in parts.
Dickens and His Illustrators|Frederic G. Kitton
Miss Greenaway's work appears as refined ten years after its "boom," as it did when it was at the flood.
Children's Books and Their Illustrators|Gleeson White
She was a Miss Greenaway Cavendish, a stock-broker's heiress of a certain age.'
The Young Step-Mother|Charlotte M. Yonge
Why ever did you buy a baby's cot—and how came Mr. Greenaway to trust you?
Fifty-Two Stories For Girls|Various

She took him into the garden, where he saw at once that he was seated under the apple-tree of Miss Greenaway's pictures.
The Americanization of Edward Bok|Edward William Bok

British Dictionary definitions for greenaway

Greenaway

/ (ˈɡriːnəˌweɪ) /

noun

Kate. 1846–1901, English painter, noted as an illustrator of children's books

Peter. born 1942, British film director; noted for such cerebral films as The Draughtsman's Contract (1982), Prospero's Books (1990), and Eight and a Half Women (1999)

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