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Roger Duvoisin produced a new arrangement and new illustrations for a subsequent edition of Mother Goose published under the imprint of the Heritage Illustrated Bookshelf in 1943, using the original text edited by William Rose Benét. The new publication was smaller in format and less lavishly produced than the 1936 edition. Duvoisin's hand-drawn color separations combine his signature calligraphic line and one or more areas of flat color or tint. Overlapping areas of colored ink sometimes provide a third color; in no way rivaling the rainbow color and the rambunctious sprawl of the 1936 edition.

The color illustrations, modeled as many of them were on the 1936 designs, suffer by comparison with the earlier photolithographically reproduced watercolors.

Mother Goose: A Comprehensive Collection of the Rhymes.
Edited by William Rose Benét.
New York: The Heritage Press, 1936

Illustration for "Sing a Song of Sixpence," "Merry are the Bells," and "There was a Little Man who wooed a Little Maid"
Pages 56 and 57
Ink, gouache, and graphite on paper joined with tape
12 ¾ x 18 ¼ inches
Gift of Louise Fatio Duvoisin
1986.1191.113

Duvoisin may have relinquished the pleasure of full-color illustration rather reluctantly. The few studies for the 1943 text included in the Rutgers Collection have been executed in his signature bright clear tones. Unfortunately, the color separations are not available for comparison.

The new design of the book also created a more sedate relationship among text, illustration, and white space--more proper and, alas, less fun.

Mother Goose: A Comprehensive Collection of the Rhymes.
Edited by William Rose Benét.
New York: The Heritage Illustrated Bookshelf, 1943

Color sketch for half title page, Mother Goose, "Sing a Song of Sixpence"
Gouache, graphite, and collage on paper
11 x 8 ¼ inches
Gift of Louise Fatio Duvoisin
1989.0027.009

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