English book-illustration of to-day; appreciations of the work of living English illustrators, with lists of their books (1903)
Sketchley, R. E. D. (Rose Esther Dorothea), b. 1875 · London : K. Paul, Trench, Trübner and co., ltd. · leaf 55
BY LEAVE OF MESSRS. KEGAN PAUL. 22 ENGLISH BOOK-ILLUSTRATION. not think his power to achieve beauty need be de-fended. After the pubHcation of Hero andLeander, Mr. Shannon prad:ically ceased wood-engraving for the illustration of books, though, asthe series of roundel designs in the recent exhibi- … FROM MR. RICKETTS CUPID , AND PSYCHES.REPRODUCED BY HIS PERMISSION. tion of his work proved, he has not abandoned norceased to go forward in the art. The Sphinx, a poem by Oscar Wilde, built,decorated and bound by Mr. Ricketts—but with-out woodcuts—was published in 1894, just after* Hero and…
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