(Dragon going to bed)
1978
illustration for One Dragon’s Dream by Peter Pavey, published by Thomas Nelson Australia, Melbourne, 1978, p. [2]
- Medium
- pen and ink and watercolour
- Measurements
- 19.3 × 26.5 cm (image) 26.5 × 34.2 cm (sheet)
- Inscription
- inscribed in pen and ink l.l.: PETER PAVEY 78
- Accession Number
- 2014.622
- Department
- Australian Prints & Drawings
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Albert Ullin OAM, 2014
© Peter Pavey
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest - Gallery location
- Not on display
- About this work
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This highly detailed drawing is for the first illustration of One Dragon’s Dream by Peter Pavey, in which a dragon and his cat friend prepare to go to bed. While asleep, the dragon dreams of a fantasy world in which turkeys, tigers, frogs, kangaroos, cats and numerous other animals appear. Presented as a counting book, One Dragon’s Dream contains many visual puns and puzzles within a detailed visual narrative that provides a challenge to readers. As it is the dragon’s dream, the grey cat only appears when the dragon is awake and when it falls asleep.
