Charles Folkard – Illustrations for Aesop’s Fables 1912

Charles James Folkard (1878 – 1963) was an English illustrator. He worked as a conjuror before becoming a prolific illustrator of children’s books.

In 1911, Folkard created seventy-seven drawings and eight watercolour plates for Carlo Collodi‘s Pinocchio, a volume which remained the definitive edition and in print for decades. The Children’s Shakespeare and Grimm’s Fairy Tales were published the same year and represent his first work for the publishing firm of A & C Black. The partnership lasted 27 years. His next works for the firm were Aesop’s Fables (1912), The Arabian Nights (1913), and Ottoman Wonder Tales (1915), a work that evokes the style of Persian manuscripts.

Aesop’s Fables, or the Aesopica, is a collection of fables credited to Aesop, a slave and storyteller believed to have lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 564 BCE. Of diverse origins, the stories associated with his name have descended to modern times through a number of sources and continue to be reinterpreted in different verbal registers and in popular as well as artistic media

Presenting the First edition of The Aesop’s Fables. With illustrations by Charles Folkard. Published by A.C Black, London, 1912. Enjoy these wonderful illustrations.

Art Gallery: Charles Folkard – Aesop’s Fables 1912