Pauline Baynes Archive News
Processing has begun of the superb Pauline Baynes archive and book collection, received at the Chapin Library this past February. A long-term project, eventually these materials, comprising several thousand items, will be fully cataloged in FRANCIS and documented on the Chapin website. In the meantime, a selection of Baynes art and books is available in our Southworth Schoolhouse rooms (the remainder is stored at the College’s off-site shelving facility).
On August 6th at 2:00 p.m., Joann Harnden, Coordinator of Education Programs for the Williams College Museum of Art, will present “The Art of Illustration: Pauline Baynes and The Chronicles of Narnia” in WCMA’s Rose Study Gallery, as part of the Museum’s series “Behind the Scenes”. Space is limited, so do arrive early if you plan to attend.
“The Culinary Art of Pauline Baynes”, an article by Wayne Hammond, Assistant Chapin Librarian, will appear in a forthcoming issue of Gastronomica, the esteemed journal of food and culture edited by Darra Goldstein, Professor of Russian at Williams College. Baynes was often commissioned to produce pictures of holiday feasts and festivities for Christmas numbers of magazines, and she illustrated three books about food and drink: Recipes from an Old Farmhouse by Allison Uttley (1966); Kitchen Essays by Lady Jekyll (1968); and The Times Cookery Book by Katie Stewart (1972). – WGH
Shown above are one of Pauline Baynes’s illustrations for C.S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, HarperCollins, 1991; and one of her pictures for Lady Jekyll, Kitchen Essays, Collins, 1968. The original art is in the Chapin Library.