Arthur Rackham – Illustrations for Book of Pictures 1913

Arthur Rackham (1867 – 1939) was an English book illustrator.

Arthur Rackham is widely regarded as one of the leading illustrators from the ‘Golden Age’ of British book illustration which encompassed the years from 1900 until the start of the First World War. During that period, there was a strong market for high quality illustrated books which typically were given as Christmas gifts.

Many of Rackham’s books were produced in a deluxe limited edition, often vellum bound and sometimes signed, as well as a larger, less ornately bound quarto ‘trade’ edition. This was often followed by a more modestly presented octavo edition in subsequent years for particularly popular books. The onset of the war in 1914 curtailed the market for such quality books, and the public’s taste for fantasy and fairies also declined in the 1920s.

Presenting the illustrations from the Limited Edition of “Arthur Rackham’s Book of Pictures”. First published by William Heinemann, London,1913 also known as “The best of Arthur Rackham” book. The book contains 44 of his best illustrations, many chosen from his famous early works: Peter Pan, Rip Van Winkle, Undine and so on. It also contains many illustrations never published before.

Other Rackham’s illustrated works available in our gallery: Rip Van Winkle, Tales of Mystery and Imagination, The Night Before Christmas, The Pied Piper of Hamelin, Midsummer’s Night Dream, Undine, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Peter Pan in Kensington Garden, The Ingoldsby Legends, Grimm’s Fairy Tales.

• List of books illustrated by Arthur Rackham
• Our Arthur Rackham Art Gallery.

Art Gallery: Arthur Rackham – Book of Pictures 1913