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Tag Archives: book illustration
Time for Caturday
Leon Underwood (1890-1975), The Siamese Cat (New York: Brentanos, 1928). Woodcut illustrations by the author. Underwood was a British born sculptor, engraver, painter and author who moved to New York City in the 1920s.
Posted in Art, Books
Tagged book illustration, Leon Underwood, woodblock printing, woodcuts
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Go Ask Alice
Those of you who visit TBTP on a regular basis know of my life-long affection for Lewis Carroll’s classic book. I have had many different editions since I was a child, but I have long found Ralph Steadman’s drawings for … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Europe, Writing
Tagged Alice in Wonderland, book illustration, Lewis Carroll, Ralph Steadman
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Classically Alice
This is one of the first non-Tenniel illustrated Alices issued when British copyright expired in 1907. Pictured in a white pinafore decorated with pale pink roses and grey tights, Rackham’s Alice appears both thinner and taller than Tenniel’s heroine. Muted colors, … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice in Wonderland, book illustration, Lewis Carroll
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Another Metamorphosis
I am embarrassed to admit that I had never heard of Argentine artist and book illustrator Luis Scafati until recently. His take on Franz Kafka’s classic The Metamorphosis is creepy, but spot on. I have since discovered that Scafati has illustrated many … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, South America, Writing
Tagged Argentina, book illustration, Franz Kafka, Luis Scafati
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Tilting At Windmills
Don Quixote of the Mancha re-told by Judge Parry Illustrated by Walter Crane London Blackie & Son Limited 1900 First Edition thus
Posted in Art, Books, Europe
Tagged book illustration, Don Quixote, Man of La Mancha, Miguel de Cervantes, Spain
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There be monsters
Just in time for Halloween, the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library in Toronto has opened De Monstris, an exhibition exploring the long cultural tradition of frightening monsters that inflamed imaginations and triggered irrational fears throughout history. De Monstris examines scary illustrations and writings from … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Canada, Europe, History, Libraries, Writing
Tagged book illustration, Fantasy, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Robert Louis Stevenson
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It’s Raturday
For equal time Raturday, we have Robert Browning’s 1888 version of The Pied Piper of Hamelin illustrated by Kate Greenaway. The text of the volume published by Frederick Warne and Co. was based on a 17th century English take on the 13th … Continue reading
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Tagged book illustration, folk tales, Kate Greenaway, Robert Browning
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Bibliophile Miscellany
If like me you frequent book blogs, it’s likely that you have seen the charming, book-celebratory art work and illustrations by Hawaii-based artist and bibliophile Jane Mount. Now she has a delightful new book titled Bibliophile: An Illustrated Miscellany coming out next … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Art, Books, Bookstore Tourism, Libraries, USA, Writing
Tagged Bibliophiles, book illustration, Illustration
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Literary Illustration
There is a long history of utilizing maps as a mode of literary illustration. The current exhibition Landmarks: Maps As Literary Illustration at Harvard’s Houghton Library in Cambridge, Massachusetts brings together a wonderful collection of more than sixty literary maps of places … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Libraries, Maps, Museums, USA, Writing
Tagged 100 Acre Wood, book illustration, Cartography, Don Quixote, mapmaking, Miguel de Cervantes, Oz, Winnie the Pooh
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