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Florence Upton's Golliwogg

Florence Kate Upton

1873-1922

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The Books

  • The adventures of two Dutch dolls and a Golliwogg (1895)
  • The Golliwogg Bicycle club (1896)
  • The Golliwogg at the seaside (1898)
  • The Golliwogg in war (1899)
  • The Golliwogg's polar adventures (1900)
  • The Golliwogg's auto-go-cart (1901)
  • The Golliwogg's Air-ship (1902)
  • The Golliwogg's circus (1903)
  • The Golliwogg in Holland (1904)
  • The Golliwogg's fox hunt (1905)
  • The Golliwogg's desert island (1906)
  • The Golliwogg's Christmas (1907)
  • The Golliwogg in the African jungle (1909)

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The Story

upton10.jpg (8467 bytes) Florence Upton was born in New York of English parents in 1873 upton12.jpg (10501 bytes)
She was 16yrs old when she returned home with her mother after her father died upton15.jpg (7859 bytes) At the age of 22 she illustrated her first book written by her mother, Bertha. It was called "The adventures of two Dutch dolls"
upton3.jpg (9831 bytes) The Golliwogg became an instant success, Florence added more illustrations and the book was reprinted as "The adventures of two Dutch dolls and a Golliwogg upton5.jpg (9080 bytes)
upton7.jpg (9107 bytes) upton9.jpg (8559 bytes) There followed a further twelve books describing the adventures of Golliwogg all of them eagerly snapped up by an ever growing following of children
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Postcards, children's china and numerous other items were sold bearing Florence Upton Golliwogg design upton9.jpg (8559 bytes) In 1917 Florence donated her entire collection of drawings and the now famous Golliwogg doll to the war effort. It was auctioned at Christies and went towards the purchase of an ambulance
Sadly, in 1922 Florence Upton died, she was buried in a cemetery near to her home in Hampstead. On her stone were engraved the words.... upton11.jpg (7980 bytes) upton2.jpg (8577 bytes)
upton4.jpg (9296 bytes) Florence Upton

Creator of the famed Golliwogg

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