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Edmund Dulac
Edmund Dulac , 1882-1953, French illustrator of English books. He is known for his imaginative, colorful illustrations of the Arabian Nights (1907), Shakespeare's Tempest (1908), and The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (1909).... Read more |
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illustration
illustration any type of picture or decoration used in conjunction with a text to embellish its appearance or to clarify its meaning. Illustration is as old as writing, with both originating in the pictograph. With the advent of printing, the art of hand-painted illumination declined as a means... Read more |
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Levitation
Levitation The rising of physical objects, tables, pianos, etc., or of human beings into the air, contrary to the known laws of gravitation and without any visible agency. More often the term is used in a restricted sense and refers to the levitation of the human body. As such, the phenomenon was... Read more |
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Mines Act
Mines Act, 1842. Parliament had already intervened in 1774 and 1799 to improve the position of Scottish miners, whose bonds were described as akin to serfdom. In the 1830s a number of investigations into coal-mines revealed the extent of truck payments, employment of women and children, and... Read more |
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Frans Masereel
Frans Masereel , 1889-1972, Belgian painter and illustrator. Essentially self-taught, Masereel is famous for his many series of satiric, expressionist woodcuts. He illustrated many books, including Rolland's Jean-Christophe.... Read more |
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Sir Bernard Partridge
Sir Bernard Partridge 1861-1945, English caricaturist and illustrator. He was principal cartoonist for Punch from 1891 until his death. Partridge began his career by designing stained glass and painting watercolors, but he is best known as an illustrator.... Read more |
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Randolph Caldecott
Randolph Caldecott , 1846-86, English artist and illustrator. He is famous for his drawings of contemporary English country life and for his charming and humorous illustrations, including those for Washington Irving's Old Christmas and Bracebridge Hall and Blackburn's Breton Folk. Perhaps his... Read more |
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Hablot Knight Browne
Hablot Knight Browne , pseud. Phiz, 1815-82, English illustrator. At 21 he was chosen by Charles Dickens to illustrate Pickwick Papers. His success was immediate, and in due course he illustrated many of Dickens's novels as well as works of Harrison Ainsworth and Charles Lever. Browne also... Read more |
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Arthur Burdett Frost
Arthur Burdett Frost 1851-1928, American illustrator and cartoonist, b. Philadelphia; pupil of Thomas Eakins at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. He worked chiefly in New York City and became one of the most popular illustrators of his time. His most characteristic drawings portrayed... Read more |
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Betsy Franco
Franco, Betsy 1947-PersonalBorn 1947; married; husband's name Douglas; children: James, Thomas, David. Education: Stanford University, B.A.; Lesley College, M.Ed.AddressesOffice—P.O. Box 60487, Palo Alto, CA 94306. E-mail—francobe@aol.com.CareerWriter and editor for children and adults; creator of... Read more |
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