BC
1162
NIKI DALY ARTWORK
Manuscripts & Archives
University of Cape Town Libraries
A
Biographical
notes & papers
B
Correspondence
with publishers
C
Original
illustrations: [oversize - in brown cardboard folder]
[in
large white envelope]
Jamela's
Dress
entire
body of picture book including 13 watercolour spreads; 5 single page
illustrations;
front cover; back cover
[in
second large white envelope]
Ben's
gingerbread man
Ben
lying in floral armchair/waercolour
The
Boy on the Beach
cover/watercolour
arrival
scene/watercolour
Charlie's
House
backyard/pen
& ink with watercolour
table
scene/pen & ink with watercolour
Charlie
squeezing clay/watercolour
The
Dancer
clan
dancing around the fire/brush/photocopy line, water colour & glaze
full
title page/ brush/photocopy line, water colour & glaze
12
preparatory sheets of paintings
Day
of the Rainbow
[written by Ruth Craft, 1988]
full
title page/pencil & watercolour
Look
at me
3
children; one in blue hooded jacket/watercolour
Not
so fast Songololo [1985]
Morning
scene with Shepard putting on his tackies/pencil & water colour
In
the shoe shop/pencil & water colour
One
Round Moon
Parents,
little boy and moon/photocopy line, water colour & pastel
Mama
singing to baby/photocopy line, water colour & pastel
Procession
of aunties/photocopy line, water colour & pastel
Father
and son/ photocopy line, water colour & pastel
Papa's
Lucky Shadow [1992]
Final
scene/pencil & water colour
[loose
drawings in large cardboard folder
Charlie's
house
Charlie's
mother remonstrating with 3 youths
The
day of the rainbow
Boy
on hands and knees, wearing skates; with rainbow [mounted]
Mama,
Papa and Baby Joe
Riding
along in the car [mounted]
Not
so fast, Songololo
Crossing
the pedestrian crossing [mounted]
One
round moon
Boy
and father
Boys
around a brazier
Papa's
lucky shadow
Day-dream
of stage dancing
Street
scene with flashy woman
Red
light, green light, Mama and me
Library
steps and sign
2
x walking into the library
Kneeling
between shelves
Story
telling session with a group of children
Thank
you Henrietta
Henrietta
preparing to "nurse" Dad - by washing machine
Mounted
together:
The
day of the rainbow
upset
dinner table
Papa's
lucky shadow
Papa
dancing
D
Dummy
books
All
the magic in the world
Full
size pencil dummy, with type in position
4
sheet page plan
The
boy on the beach
Actual
size - photostat dummies (b & w) showing two versions of story and
layout
Charlie's
House
4
page pen and ink story board
Miniature
dummy in pen & wash with type in position - full colour
The
dancer
Loose
sheets of text [by Nola Turkington]
Full
size photostat with clippings pinned in & alternative ideas in pencil
Loose
sheets of dummy with pencilled changes
Fly,
eagle, fly
Actual
size - loose wash sketches with type in position
Joseph's
other red sock
Actual
size - full colour, with type in position
Look
at me
1
sheet - pencil story board and initial hand-written draft from sketchbook
Mama,
Papa and Baby Joe
1
sheet - page scheme
Actual
size - Photostat dummy (b & w) with photostat inclusions from
sketchbook
Mary
Malloy and the baby who wouldn’t sleep
3
sheets of small pencil sketches -early story board - text &
illustrations later changed
My
dad
Actual
size - pencil sketches with type in position
Not
so fast, Songololo
First
idea story board pencil sketches
Photostat
of story board for the making of the video
One
round moon, and a star for me
8
+ 2 loose sheets of photostats, with alternative idea additions (early
draft)
Actual
size - full colour; comments from publisher for improvement
Actual
size - pencilled dummy with a few editorial notes by Jane Fior
Papa
Lucky's shadow
Photostat
full-size dummy of original version (in b & w), with type in position,
showing unedited ending
Pencilled
dummy - full size, with changed ending & including pencilled comments
by Margaret McElderry (USA editor)
1
sheet of page plan
Red
light, green light, Mama and me
Full
size photostat (in b & w) with
text in place - a lot of pencilled suggestions
Why
the sun and the moon live in the sky
Actual
size - pen & ink simplified sketches with type in position