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Arthur Rackham Biography

Arthur Rackham – British Illustrator, 1867-1939 Of all those illustrators to follow in the footsteps of Randolph Caldecott, Walter Crane, […]

Ernest H. Shepard – English artist and book illustrator, 1879-1976 Although Ernest Howard Shepard is best known as the illustrator

A Floral Fairyland: Ida Rentoul Outhwaite’s A Bunch of Wild Flowers In the realm of fairy illustration, few artists have

Rip Van Winkle (1905) – by Washington Irving, illustrated by Arthur Rackham A Dreamer’s Return: Arthur Rackham’s Rip Van Winkle

A Soldier’s ABC: L. Frank Baum’s The Army Alphabet Before Oz, before Dorothy and the Yellow Brick Road, L. Frank

The Surreal Soul of Hoffmann: Mario Laboccetta’s Illustrated Masterpiece There are illustrated books that merely decorate a text, and then

A Knight’s Tale: Howard Pyle’s Otto of the Silver Hand There are authors who write stories, and then there are

A Thousand and One Delights: Charles Folkard’s Arabian Nights In the pantheon of Golden Age illustrators, Charles Folkard occupies a

A World of Whimsy: Maxfield Parrish’s Knave of Hearts There are certain books that transcend the ordinary bounds of illustration,

A Fairy Kingdom Rediscovered: Ida Rentoul Outhwaite’s The Enchanted Forest There are books that transport us; there are books that