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Foster. Foster made his drawings as usual on the Wood block, and then coloured a proof pulled on Drawing Paper. This was carried out by Evans, who used the Artist's actual colours, grinding and preparing them for inking himself. 120 Edmund Evans It was, however, the collaboration as producer of the works of Walter Crane, Randolph Caldecott and Kate Greenaway in Colours of their illustrations to Children's Books that Evans ultimately placed him- self in close proximity as a worthy rival to Baxter as a Colour Printer. From 1865 to 1869 Evans was occupied with the production of a series of 6d. toy books, published partly by Ward & Lock and partly by Rout- ledge, with illustrations by Walter Crane. In 1877 Evans arranged on his own account with Crane to illustrate a Child's Book, " The Baby's Opera," which ran into a first edition of 10,000, a second being re- printed. At the end of 1879 Evans made another venture with " Under the Window," by Kate Greenaway, a book that won immediate popularity, the English edition reaching 70,000, while the French and German issues also reached a 30,000 sale. This first successful association of Evans and Kate Greenaway (who was born at Hoxton on the I7th March, 1846, being the daughter of a draughtsman and Engraver on Wood) was the forerunner of a fruitful partnership and a life-long friendship between the Artist and Evans's family. Evans also printed the well-known "Graphic" series of Pictures by Randolph Caldecott, and by persuading him to embark on Illustrations for Children's Books inaugurated the famous series which began in 1878 with "John Gilpin " and closed in 1885 with "The Great Panjandrum

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