In 1974, Walt Reed opened the Illustration House. For decades, the New York gallery was the nation’s premier advocate for illustration art. Now, Washington University Special Collections has worked with Reed and his son, Roger, to acquire the Illustration House archives, along with a substantial number of original artworks.
WALTERS ART MUSEUM - Dr. Lynley Anne Herbert investigates a mysterious image and accompanying rebus found within the pages of a liber amicorum or 'friendship book', an album for recording friendships and social connections that amounted to a kind of 17th-century version of Facebook.
Once in the month of May certain Joyous Travelers met at an inn by the King's highway and because their ways lay in the same direction they agreed to travel...
Work: Armadale by Wilkie Collins (Harper & Brothers, 1866) 1st US edition Artists: George H Thomas (drawings) and William Thomas (engraving) As a teaser for an upcoming review here are the illustrations taken from the original United States edition of Armadale. This mammoth novel was originally published serially in The Cornhill Magazine from November 1864 to June 1866. The illustrations used in both the first UK and US editions were taken from the magazine serial. While the UK first edition includes all the original illustrations by the Thomas brothers the US edition is missing about five drawings. George Housman Thomas (1824-1867) studied wood engraving with George Bonner, set up an engraving business in Paris, and illustrated books for both American and British publishers. Some of his work is included in the Royal Collection in England. Perhaps his most notable work appeared in the first US edition of Uncle Tom's Cabin. While living in New York for a brief period he was also contracted to engrave American banknotes. William Luson Thomas (1830-1900) did the engraving and signed all the illustrations for Armadale. George, however, is credited as the primary illustrator on the title page of the first UK edition (Smith & Elder, 1866). William founded the illustrated newspaper The Graphic late in his life. Explaining the original concept of the paper he writes: "The originality of the scheme consisted in establishing a weekly illustrated journal open to all artists, whatever their method, instead of confining my staff to draughtsmen on wood as had been hitherto the general custom… it was a bold idea to attempt a new journal at the price of sixpence a copy in the face of the most successful and firmly established paper in the world, costing then only five pence." For detailed biographical information on William Luson Thomas go here. For the life of his brother George visit this website. Click on the images below for full size appreciation.
This is an excellent resource for vintage children’s books.
Dorothy M. Payne, 'Joan of Arc', ''Modern Book Illustrators and Their Work'' ed. by Charles Geoffrey Holme, 1914 Source
From the collection of the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Materials at the University of Florida theanimalarium.blogspot.com/
Charles Edmund Brock and his brother Henry Matthew Brock illustrated Jane Austen’s books in the early years of the 20th century.
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Antique Vintage Little Folks. Book by Oscar Pletsch. S.R. Urbino and E.P. Dutton, Boston, nd. 19th century. English edition of a German classic. Paper over boards; red cloth spine strip; Cover, Title-page and Nineteen with Darling vignette illustrations of Children and related poem printed on one side. Oscar Pletsch German (1830 - 1888) was a popular author/illustrator of Children's Books. Sold "As is". Surface of covers worn and browned, few spots; diagonal crease across top right front cover, small tear to lower left edge of front of paper cover and a few tiny chips to edges of paper cover; extremities worn and some chipping, head and tail of rubbed and some fraying, corner tips bumped and chipped; Book is shaken; may have been re-bound as there is a vertical taped paper strip between front paste-down and free endpaper; front and rear hinges cracked, with paper loss, and book separating from cover at the front hinge; spots or smudges to page paper, mainly in the blank borders. Very Rare and Collectible, the Book deserves some TLC. Sweet and endearing images of childhood. Related to Books illustrated by Pletsch, and the History of 19th century Children's Book Illustration.
Every month, I profile an artist who inspires my own art, in several segments. Dorothy Carleton Smyth produced many illustrations that refer to times past. I’m calling these “his…
Jeffrey Catherine Jones was part of a group of artists who helped to redefine both book illustration and comics in the 1970s. Jones passed away yesterday at age 67, but her incredible artwork will live on.
The bookplate of John H. Buck, in the collection of Daniel Fearing. Designed by M. Buck and engraved by E.D. French in 1900. Country: USA. Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.8. Features: inside with view outside through window; library with chair and desk with bok open; man outside under a tree fishing. Type: bookplate. In the Fearing Angling collection.
book 1. For primary grades.--book 2. For lower grammar grades.--book 3. For upper grammar grades
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We can learn much about how a historical period viewed the abilities of its children by studying its children's literature. Via Dr. Susan Bainbridge, JunoPark
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Title vignette
A Pleasant Corner (1865). John Callcott Horsley (English, 1817-1903). Horsley was a painter of genre and historical scenes, illustrator, and designer of the first Christmas card. Horsley studied...
