As an addendum to the current Special Collections exhibit, Victorian Illustrators: from Sketch to Print, the works of six illustrators from the period are now on display in our lobby. Stop by to see the work of famous Victorian illustrators like Richard Doyle and George Du Maurier, as well as several more you’ve probably never …
“Alfred Crowquill” was the pseudonym of Victorian artist Alfred Henry Forrester. Early in his career, he shared the pseudonym with his older brother Charles, who collaborated with Alfred by writing text to accompany Alfred’s illustrations. The library’s current exhibit, Victorian Illustrators from Sketch to Print features the original manuscript of one of their collaborations, The …
This post will be the first in a series about the work of some of the artists featured in the current level 1 exhibit, Victorian Illustrators: from Sketch to Print. Today’s post highlights the two women illustrators from the exhibit. The first, Kate Greenaway, is one of the most famous illustrators of 19th century children’s …
Victorian author Edward Lear also had a 200th birthday this month, on May 12 (possibly May 13). Lear is best remembered today for his nonsense verse, including many limericks and “The Owl and the Pussycat.” Lear was an illustrator who published several books of zoological and landscape paintings before self-publishing his two-volume Book of Nonsense …
A recent addition to the Edwardian literature collection is a copy of Beatrix Potter’s “The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit” (1906). This little book is one of two Potter tales originally published in a concertina, or accordion, format. Special Collections has a nearly-complete set of first editions of Potter’s 23 tales, as well as …