The Art & Illustration of Walter Crane

by Crane, Walter; Menges, Jeff A.

• ISBN13: 9780486475868
• ISBN10: 0486475867
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-11-18
• Publisher: Dover Publications

Summary

This original collection of more than 100 innovative images commemorates the artistry of a prominent figure in the Golden Age of Illustration. Crane was one of the earliest children's book artists that experiemented with colors, and this volume not only surveys his best paintings, it constitutes a visual history of genre's first color illustrations.

Author Biography

A native of Liverpool, Walter Crane (1845-1915) was the son of a lithographer and painter who achieved early success with his color illustrations for children's books. His later art includes illustrations for the works of Shakespeare and Spencer as well as political cartoons. 

Table of Contents

THE OLD GARDEN AND OTHER VERSES
Margaret Deland
Osgood McIlvaine & Co., London, 1893

 

Adventure in the Nursery

THE SIXPENCE TOY BOOKS                                         
George Routledge and Sons, 1874
     The Forty Thieves
     Goody Two Shoes
     Jack and the Beanstalk
     My Mother
     The Three Bears

THE BABY'S OPERA
Walter Crane 
George Routledge and Sons, Ltd., London and New York, 1877

 

THE NECKLACE OF PRINCESS FIORIMONDE AND OTHER STORIES 
Mary De Morgan 
Macmillan and Co., London, 1880

 

HOUSEHOLD STORIES BY THE BROTHERS GRIMM
The Brothers Grimm 
Longman's, Green, and Co., 1882

 

PAN PIPES: A BOOK OF OLD SONGS
Theo Marzials 
George Routledge and Sons, Ltd., London and New York, 1883

 

BRIC-A-BRAC STORIES
Mrs. Burton Harrison 
Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1885

 

The Golden Primer and Beyond

THE GOLDEN PRIMER
Prof. J. M. D. Mieklejohn
Mieklejohn and Holden, 1885

 

POTHOOKS AND PERSEVERENCE: OR, THE ABC-SERPENT
Walter Crane 
Marcus Ward and Co. Ltd., London, 1886

 

THE HAPPY PRINCE AND OTHER TALES
Oscar Wilde 
Longmans, Green, and Co., London and New York, 1888

 

THE BOOK OF WEDDING DAYS
K. E. J. Reid, May Ross, and Mabel Bamfield
Longmans, Green, and Co., London and New York, 1889

 

FLORA'S FEAST: A MASQUE OF FLOWERS
Walter Crane 
Cassell & Company, Ltd., London, Paris, New York & 
Melbourne, 1889

 

QUEEN SUMMER: OR, THE TOURNEY OF THE LILY AND
   THE ROSE
Walter Crane
Cassell & Company, Ltd., London, Paris, New York &
Melbourne, 1891

 

A WONDER BOOK FOR GIRLS AND BOYS
Nathaniel Hawthorne 
Osgood, McIlvaine & Co., London, 1892

 

THE TEMPEST
William Shakespeare
J. M. Dent and Company, London, 1893

 

A BOOK OF CHRISTMAS VERSE
H. C. Beeching 
Methuen and Company, London, 1895

 

THE FAERIE QUEENE
Edmund Spenser 
George Allen, London, 1894–96

 

THE HISTORY OF REYNARD THE FOX
F. S. Ellis 
David Nutt, London, 1897

 

THE SHEPHEARD'S CALENDER
Edmund Spenser
Harper & Brothers, London & New York, 1898

 

DON QUIXOTE OF THE MANCHA
retold by Judge Parry
John Lane, New York, 1900

 

A MASQUE OF DAYS
Elia
Cassell & Company, Ltd., London, Paris, New York &
Melbourne, 1901

 

FLOWERS FROM SHAKESPEARE'S GARDEN
Walter Crane
Cassell & Company, Ltd., London, Paris, New York &
Melbourne, 1906

The Later Years

 

KING ARTHUR'S KNIGHTS
Henry Gilbert
T. C. and E. C. Jack, London and Edinburgh, 1911

 

ROBIN HOOD AND THE MEN OF THE GREENWOOD,
Henry Gilbert
T. C. and E. C. Jack, London and Edinburgh, 1912

Gallery Painting and Design