Newnes Pictorial Knowledge: Volume Five

Sep30

I’ve described in detail the contents and history of this 10 volume encyclopedic set of books – just follow the link . I’ve established my set was published after May 1957, whether individual volumes changed from previous editions is too hard to tell.

Today I want to look at Volume Five by itself. Its contents are:

Meteorology and what it means – the rain, the snow, the winds and the tides
Our engineers and their work
The stories that scientists can tell us – about heat, light and sound
How steam and petrol work for man
Fable, myth and legend

ARTISTS AND MY COMMENTS

If you follow this blog, you’ll know my mantra. I’m trying to make sure artists get their credit; I want to mention them so any researchers know they are in this work and lastly I’m sharing what I like or find interesting.

I searched quite a few reference works to find Cyril Cowell. His signature stands out and usually does not have his first name. Luckily we do know something about Cyril. He was born in Canterbury, Kent, in 1888. He drew illustrations for nursery comics from the 1920s to the 1950s, including the Pip and Squeak Annual (1933), and Mickey Mouse Weekly. In the 1940s he drew the weekly gardening strip ‘Adam the Gardener’, written by Morley Adams, for the Sunday Express. He drew a series of 6 cards for Bamforth, the postcard printer, “The Squirrelquins” in 1943. He also illustrated children’s books, including Enid Blyton’s Fourth Holiday Book and at least one poster for Blyton’s series “Two Years in the Infant School”. He died in Sutton, Surrey, in 1967. Cowell’s work here goes from page 85-114 (with some photos interspersed plus some work by “JHV”), and more of Cowell’s work will appear in later volumes of this series too.

Here’s a short list of his works:

The Red Magazine July 1909, May 15 1910, June 1 1910, June 15 1910, December 15 1911, July 1 1912, July 15 1912, August 1 1912, August 15 1912, January 1 1913, May 1 1913, October 15 1913 and front cover May 25 1923.
Gaiety [Magazine] May 1923
Sunny Stories for Little Folk: The Golden Hair and the Three Bears No1. [Magazine] by Enid Blyton, London: George Newnes, 1926
The Bumper Book for Children, by Various, Edinburgh & London: Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd., 1927
The Foundations of Reading. (Pupil’s Book B) by Richard Wilson, Edinburgh & London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1929
The Foundations of History, (Pupil’s Book B: Father Time’s Tales) by E.D. Hancock, (Colour illustration plates by Hugh Chesterman. Picture maps by Cyril Cowell), Edinburgh & London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, [c.1929]
British Legion Children’s Annual 1935
My first book of aeroplanes ships and trains, London: Thomas Nelson, 1935
Romp Time Tales, by J. F. Lipscomb, London(?): The Avenue Press, [c.1936].
Children of the Dawn, By E. Davis, (The Heritage Of History series, Book 1) London & Edinburgh: McDougalls Educational Company, [c. 1937]
Noddy Nibbler, By Cyril Cowell, London: R.A. Publishing Company, 1940
Top-All Book of fairy Tales, London: Frederick Warne, 1942
Robert the Cat in Blue by Mary Isabel Hart, London: Ornum Press Ltd.1944
Teeny and Weeny, London: P. M. (Productions) Ltd., 1944
Bill Bun, London: P. M. (Productions) Ltd., [c. 1944]
Tiggywigs of Sty Corner, By Cyril Cowell, London: R.A. Publishing Company, 1944.
Berty Bunkin and George Goosegog by Cyril Cowell, London: R.A. Publishing Company, 1945.
Larry Lop-Ear. by C. Cowell. London: Grout Publishing Co, 1945
Look at this!: A book of coloured pictures (illustrations by Frederick Parker, Rene Cloke, Frank Adams and Cowell). London: Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd. [c. 1946]
Discovery on the Farm: Model & Story by May Sarson, London(?): Token Production, 1946
Adventures of Robert at the Circus with models to build by May Sarson, London(?): Token Production, 1946
Adam the Gardener : A Pictorial Guide to Each Week’s Work, with a Full Gardening Calendar and Plans for New Gardens, London: Published for the Sunday Express by Lane Publications, 1946
Larry laughs last. Written and illustrated by C. Cowell. London: Grout Publishing Co, 1946
Twitchy Whisker on the Track. Pictures and story by Cyril Cowell. London & Glasgow : Collins, 1948
Twitchy Whisker. Pictures and story by Cyril Cowell. London & Glasgow: Collins, 1948
Uncle Mac’s Own Story Book, by Derek McCulloch, (Uncle Mac), (Various illustrators), London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co, 1949
Running silver , by Major-General Stewart R. N., London: W & R Chambers Ltd, 1952 (with Raymond Sheppard)
Your Gardening Book, Illustrated by the author, London: Faber & Faber, 1954
Your Book of Animal Drawing. Written and illustrated by C. Cowell., London: Faber & Faber, 1955
Your Book of Figure Drawing. Illustrated by the author. London: Faber & Faber, 1964

Next is Kenneth McDonough with three beautiful pages of aircraft which I loved so reproduce here for you too.

Pages 228-230 by Kenneth McDonough

To those interesting in aircraft I doubt he needs any introduction. But his basic facts are Kenneth Alexander McDonough was born in Wandsworth, London, on 28 February 1921, and later produced many illustrations for Airfix model kits and Aeromodeller magazine, and wrote and illustrated the book Atlantic Wings (1966). He also drew the educational strip “Heroes of the Clouds” for the Eagle in 1950 and illustrated an article on “The lure of speed” in the first Eagle Annual. He retired to the Royal Star and Garter Home for ex-servicemen in Richmond upon Thames in 1995 following a collapse. He died peacefully on 16 January 2002.

Here’s a listing of his Eagle strips, “Heroes of the Clouds” which was a half-page page colour strip beginning in the first issue introduced by a father (early flight) and a son (the jet-age)

Vol. 1: 1, 14 April 1950 – Father (Brian Nicholson), Son (Dick Nicholson) and their Machines, the Farman-type biplane, and the “imaginary jet-propelled fighter”
Vol. 1: 2, 21 April 1950 – Montgolfier Brothers
Vol. 1: 3, 28 April 1950 – Hot air balloons (1783-1805)
Vol. 1: 4, 5 May 1950 – The Phantom (Test flight)
Vol. 1: 5, 12 May 1950 – Hendon and Stringfellow, (1843-1852)
Vol. 1: 6, 19 May 1950 – The development of DeHavilland 108
Vol. 1: 7, 26 May 1950 – Wright Brothers
Vol. 1: 8, 2 June 1950 – Wright Brothers: The saga of Kill Devil Hill
Vol. 1: 9, 9 June 1950 – Wright Brothers
Vol. 1: 10, 16 June 1950 – Bristol Brabazon

Pages 264-265 has a cutaway drawing of the Cunard liner Caronia by G. H. Davis dated 1949 which means this was reprinted during various subsequent editions.. On page 272 he also draws a feature page on the gyroscope.

Laurence Dunn (1910-2006) is so well known and so prolific I’ll leave this here for any fans of his. Dunn also drew cutaways in the Eagle comic and in the Eagle Annuals.

Saloman van Abbé (31 July 1883 – 28 February 1955) has appeared on my blog so many times I’ll leave you to search, but this Robin Hood page just appealed to me.

Again this is just here to mark that Aris drew illustrations (to page 318) to accompany the Brer stories and he does have a ghastly image of a person of colour, which even my thick skin couldn’t ignore. But those were different times. below is an illo to accompany Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Hardy Tin Soldier” story. I would guess it was done in colour and reprinted here in black and white and would love to see the original.

Cyril Holloway drew extensively and I’ve tripped over his work in many places when searching for Raymond Sheppard‘s work. It appears he was represented by Harford Stanton of London W.C.2 along with – amongst others, Edward Osmond, Stuart Tresillian and Gilbert Wilkinson.

The first reference I could find to his work was in The Red Magazine (October 17 1919) and he drew -inter alia- Lloyd’s Magazine, The Strand Magazine, The Detective Magazine, Chums, The Sovereign Magazine, The New Magazine (UK), Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, Cassell’s Magazine, The Premier Magazine, Pearson’s Magazine, The Happy Mag., Britannia and Eve, The Corner Magazine, The Windsor Magazine, Mine, The Novel Magazine, Modern Wonder, Holly Leaves, Collins Young Elizabethan (Thanks to Fictionmags website). His illustrations for “Wide World” magazine went from c. 1923 to about 1955. He contributed to a few Cowboy Comics by Amalgamated Press, and a single volume book Treasure Book of Comics Annual (c. 1952) and a series of half page colour strips in Eagle comic “For Bravery”. These were written by Alan Jason (aka Geoffrey Bond).

Vol. 5: 50, 10 December 1954 – The Polar Medal
Vol. 5: 51, 17 December 1954 – The Albert Medal
Vol. 5: 52, 24 December 1954 – Armada Naval Reward 1588
Vol. 5: 53, 31 December 1954 – The Stanhope Medal
Vol. 6:1, 7 January 1955 – The George Cross
Vol. 6:2, 14 January 1955 – Red Cross Special Service Cross
Vol. 6:3, 21 January 1955 – The Life-boat Medal
Vol. 6:4, 28 January 1955 – The Distinguished Flying Cross
Vol. 6:6, 11 February 1955 – The Cornwell Badge
Vol. 6:13, 1 April 1955 – The Victoria Cross
Vol. 6:16, 22 April 1955 – Croix de Guerre
Vol. 6:17, 29 April 1955 – The Waterloo Medal
Vol. 6:20, 20 May 1955 – The Medal of Honour
Vol. 6:21, 27 May 1955 – The Crimea Medal
Vol. 6:24, 17 June 1955 – The Distinguished Service Order

But I cannot find any birth, marriage or death dates for him. Can anyone help?

My second mystery is this rather nice artist

This artist illustrates the story of Rapunzel – pages 331 – 335 (and I think “How Aladdin lost the lamp” (pp319-332)). If the years between the artists’ work had been greater I might have said this is an earlier Joyce Mercer, but this is very unlikely. Any help gratefully received!

Thankfully we have a signature for the next artist.

Horace John Knowles ( 22 July 1884 – 21 August 1954 ) is most likely remembered best for his fairyland work or his bible illustrations. He also drew illos for two Blyton books: The Enid Blyton Book of Fairies and The Land of Far-Beyond. His archive still exists and is for sale at £135,000 from Jonkers! But fear not Chris Mullen’s excellent FullTable has two of Knowles’ books for you to view to get a better idea of his work. This story has 4 illos (pp336-339) and he also illustrates “Robin Hood” on pages 429-448.

I’ve already tried to guess who “Lance” was in the earlier article on their encyclopedia work. Any ideas anyone? Could it be Lance Cattermole?

Robinson needs no introduction.

I’ve talked about Francis Ernest Hiley (12 February 1878 – 20 December 1965) in an earlier article too.

Christopher Gifford Ambler (30 June 1886- 17 May 1965), specialised in dogs and horses, but here the illustrations are folklore-focussed. The story of the “Red Cross Knight” is on pages 409-420 and has many more illustrations. Ambler drew postcards and railway posters too. This postcard from the Front has heavy irony! The first appearance in a magazine I can find is Boy’s Own Paper April 1920, then his work also appeared in Hutchinson’s Magazine, The Detective Magazine, The Scout, The Crusoe Mag, Gaiety, The Red Magazine, The New Magazine, The Crusoe Magazine, Pearson’s Magazine and finally he is remembered for a run in The Boy’s Own Paper from October 1935 to September 1936.

Maxims of Marquis, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1937
Exmoor Rover by Cecil Russell Acton, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1938
The Cat of Pine Ridge by Phyllis Briggs, London: Hutchinson’s Books for Young People, 1944
Smiler, London: Hutchinson’s Books for Young People, 1945
Furred and Feathered Heroes of World War II by James Gilroy, London: Trafalgar Publications, 1946
The Diverting History of John Gilpin by William Cowper, London: P. M. Productions, 1947
Storm of Dancerwood by Jospeh E. Chipperfield, London: Hutchinson’s Books for Young People, 1948
Working Dogs. London: Oxford University Press, 1949
Greatheart, the Salvation Hunter by Jospeh E. Chipperfield, London: Hutchinson, 1950
Zoolyricks, London: Hutchinson’s Books for Young People, 1950

Ambler’s work appears in other volumes in this set too.

NEXT: VOLUME SIX

Newnes Pictorial Knowledge – Volume Two, Three and Four

Sep22

I’ve described in (too much?) detail what this encyclopedia set is about, just follow the link and there you’ll also find an outline of the contents for the 10+ volumes.

Today I want to concentrate on Volume Two (and Three and Four – although, here I’m cheating, see below)

The reason for sharing these images below is to highlight artists and illustrators whose work has been forgotten, or ignored for many years. I know for a fact that some examples of art I’m showing are reprinted from earlier editions of the work – some that were colour plates became black and white.

Francis Ernest Hiley was born on 12 February 1878, in Gloucestershire and died in Redhill on 20 December 1965, and was very prolific, his work appearing in The Strand magazine where he illustrated many of Conan Doyle’s stories. He drew images for books published by Blackie and Son, Jarrold and Sons and many others. A fuller biography by Robert J. Kirkpatrick appeared on Steve Holland’s blog.

Hiley’s work here covers stories from Ancient Greece – where he drew 8 illustrations and shared the limelight with others such as….

John Harris Valda (1874-1942) was born in Marylebone, London, his father had studied with John Millais but the son was no slouch, creating the first British school of art to teach illustration – and only aged 21 at the time! He went on to join Amalgamated Press illustrating for the text stories of Union Jack, Champion, The Bullseye and many others. I think he’s best remembered from his drawing Sexton Blake illustrations for 10 years. Read more at the Look and Learn archive and follow their link to many images by Valda.

The third artist to help provide drawings for this section on the Greeks and Romans was “Lance”

Could this be Marjorie Lance (1900-1967)? I am not all all sure as the only artwork by this Marjorie Lance, I can find, shows a long tail underlining the rest of her signature whereas the above shows a long tail on the ‘E’. And, of course, it could be the artist’s first name not their surname! Could it be Lance Cattermole?

You might have seen artwork by both C.E. Brock and H.M. Brock, but their brother Richard Henry Brock was just as prolific and talented. He was born in Friern Barnet on 21 July 1871 and died on the Bulstrode Road on 11 June 1943. His career covered many of the well-known early 20th century periodicals. Robert J. Kirkpatrick again has a fuller biography.

We then get T. H. Robinson

Thomas Heath Robinson (19 June 1869– February 1953 or 1954) was an English illustrator just like his younger siblings, Charles and W. Heath, who was born in Islington. After the death of his wife in 1940 he moved to St. Ives in Cornwall and passed away in February 1954, aged 84.

Project Gutenberg has a few books which you can download in which Robinson’s illustrations appear and Look and Learn have some pictures too.

The nice thing about a clear signature it does give me a chance to compare artworks identified with the same name. Thus I found Harry Wooley. Born in Lancashire in 1880, he died near Salisbury, Wiltshire, in 1959, aged 78. Gordon Howsden has written a sketchy biography – but that gets us started. In addition to Abebooks and the British Library, Stella and Rose’s Books can be helpful when they identify artists.

R. H. Penton (whose work is at the top of this article) is Richard Howard Penton (1882-1960). there are 254 hits returned in the London Metropolitan Archives catalogue of his work – mainly landmark buildings, but he was known – as here – as a marine and landscape artist.

Louis Ward (1913-2005) was a painter, illustrator and teacher, born in Bristol, where he settled in Clifton. He was an ordained parish priest who studied theology at Ripon Hall, Oxford. Also studied full-time at West of England College of Art, Bristol. He taught part-time at Bristol Polytechnic’s arts faculty. Showed RWA of which he was a member, in Bristol’s Arnolfini Gallery, Arts Council and elsewhere. Did a variety of book and magazine illustration. Member of Bristol Savages club. RWA and Bristol City Art Gallery hold his work (David Buckman, (1998) Dictionary of artists in Britain since 1945. Bristol : Art Dictionaries). Apparently his painting of Christ in Gethsemane hangs in the Lady Chapel of Bristol Cathedral

Stanley Reginald Harry Rogers (7 May 1887 – 21 January 1961) was a British and American writer, illustrator, and maritime historian. Born in Nottingham, raised in Washington, and educated in London, he was based in London and New York during his career.

Lastly an old favourite Edward Osmond

Edward Osmond (1900-1981) won the Carnegie Medal award for his 1953 self-penned and illustrated book “A Valley Grows Up” which has multiple double page colour plates showing the changes in a fictitious valley from Prehistoric times, Iron Age, Roman, Saxon, Norman, Early and Late Medieval, Elizabethan, Georgian and finally Victorian times. But Osmond started illustrating much earlier than that and the wonderful FictionMags Index shows he drew in the November 24 1920 issue of the The Illustrated London News and then more drawings for The Royal Magazine, Pall Mall Magazine, Nash’s Magazine and The Strand Magazine – and this was all in the 1920s! He continued – at least till the late 1950s, in such magazines as The Windsor Magazine, The London Magazine, The Passing Show, Pearson’s Magazine, Britannia and Eve, Everybody’s, The Wide World Magazine, and John Bull. He illustrated a version of Black Beauty in 1932 and produced drawings up to at least 1973. There’s a nice biography on ArtUK‘s site

EVIDENCE OF PUBLICATION DATE

Page 271 mentions the General Election of May 1955 “with the result that the Conservatives were returned to power”.
Page 424 states Doctor Alain Bombard’s Atlantic raft journey began “October 20th 1956 and ended St. Martin in the Lesser Antilles 72 days later” – i.e. December 31 1956!
Page 448 – the final page states “In May [1957] the Suez Canal was declared free from all obstructions and open again to the world’s shipping”

So it looks as if this edition of Newnes Pictorial Knowledge was published some time after May 1957

VOLUME THREE

This volume is not of much interest to me as it’s all photographs rather than illustrations. The contents are:

The story of the world and its people – Great Britain and Ireland
The story of the world and its people – Countries of the British Commonwealth and nations
The story of the world and its people – Lands near and far, of our colonial empire

VOLUME FOUR

This volume again has mostly photographs. But one artist that managed to squeeze in is Ellis Silas

Ellis Luciano Silas (13 July 1885 – 2 May 1972) was a British artist and draughtsman who served as an ANZAC during the First World War. On return from Australia to the UK, he drew magazine illustrations for Chums from 1925-1928 and also drew for Boy’s Own Paper and Blackie and Son.

Next: – VOLUME FIVE: Meteorology and what it means – the rain, the snow, the winds and the tides; Our engineers and their work; The stories that scientists can tell us – about heat, light and sound; How steam and petrol work for man; Fable, myth and legend

Newnes Pictorial Knowledge (Vols 1-10) – Introduction and Volume One

Sep15

The 10 volumes (minus atlas and dictionary) from c. 1950

INTRODUCTION

This encyclopedic set has a long history, beginning in June 1930 with 8 volumes. It was reprinted in January 1931 and August 1931 and again twice in 1932 and a Second Edition came out in May 1933 (reprinted a month later!) which was subsequently reprinted in February and December 1934. An advert in The Scotsman on 22 August 1930 was looking to hire sales reps for this new work.

By 1947 I found it was still composed of 8 volumes. It was still running in 1957 as The Bookseller of 10 August states “continues as a firm family favourite” with a special Australian edition in 1958. Newnes declared – somewhat prematurely – in the Belfast Telegraph (28 October 1931) it was the “most magnificent production of the 20th Century”! The first edition had a General Editor of H. A. Pollock, Associate Editor, Enid Blyton, Technical Editor, A. C. Marshall, and Art Editor A. H. J. Humphreys. Published by George Newnes in the “Home Library Book Company” imprint initially as “Pictorial Knowledge” and later with the publisher’s name in the title and was bound in black initially later becoming red – early red ones with a criss-cross pattern on the covers, then later with the oil lamp colophon on the spine, and still later a vertical stripe down the cover. At some point – and guessing based on print technologies, later versions also had transparent plates showing the interior of a bee, a flower and some buildings.

When exactly the new editions were printed with an editorial shake-up, I’m not sure, but based on the war intervening, I’d guess that 1951 is a likely approximate date especially as internal evidence mentions “at the end of 1949”. The General Editors were now R.H. Poole, Peter Finch, Walter Shepherd, and A.H.J. Humphreys. By the time the copies I own arrived, Cedric Dover was added to the list. My set has internal evidence for 1957 onwards which I’ll share in the overview of Volume Two.

VOLUME CONTENTS

Here are the breakdowns according to each volume of my set.

VOLUME ONE: The story of the world in the days of long ago; The story of animal life – creatures of the air, land and sea; The wonder of plant life in forest, field and garden
VOLUME TWO: The romance of history – tales of the Greeks and the Persians; The romance of history – Tales of Ancient Rome; The romance of history – England under the Romans, Danes and Normans; The romance of history – England in the Middle Ages; The romance of history – Britain’s struggles towards her days of greatness; True tales of high adventure – Pioneers by land and sea; True tales of high adventure – In the days of the great explorers; True tales of high adventure – The conquest of the Polar regions; True tales of high adventure – Some heroes of our time; From the dawn of time to the present day
VOLUME THREE: The story of the world and its people – Great Britain and Ireland; The story of the world and its people – Countries of the British Commonwealth and nations; The story of the world and its people – Lands near and far, of our colonial empire
VOLUME FOUR: The story of the world and its people – Our neighbours and friends across the Channel; The story of the world and its people – through the storied lands of the Middle East; The story of the world and its people – In the ancient empires of the Far East; The story of the world and its people – A great nation whose history began with the Pilgrim fathers; The story of the world and its people – Countries along the pan-American highway and in South America; Telling of the products we send to other countries – and about the goods they send us in return
VOLUME FIVE: Meteorology and what it means – the rain, the snow, the winds and the tides; Our engineers and their work; The stories that scientists can tell us – about heat, light and sound; How steam and petrol work for man; Fable, myth and legend
VOLUME SIX: Treasures won from the earth’s crust – The romance of coal, iron and steel; Treasures won from the earth’s crust – Metals that serve us in a hundred ways; magnetism and electricity – a great discovery and its many developments; Famous inventions and how they were evolved – What master minds have done for the good of man; Services we maintain for the common good – the work they do and how it is carried out; The world and its work – The story of some great industries; The world and its work – Agriculture – producing food from the land
VOLUME SEVEN: Great painters of all nations – how they lived and what they achieved; Literature through the ages – The lives of the great poets; The lives of the great composers – a story of music and musicians; Literature through the ages – Great books and their writers; Wonders of architecture – The story of the builder and his art; Great thinkers of all nations – From the ancient philosophers to the scientists of to-day
VOLUME EIGHT: The freedom of the seas – the story of our ships and the sailors who man them; The wonders of the heavens – the story of astronomers and their work; The magic art of writing; A guide to good manners for boys and girls; The story of the human body – a marvellous machine and what it does; Favourite hobbies – Pastimes at home and out of doors; Favourite hobbies – Things to make and do: Models and model making; Favourite hobbies – Things to make and do: Handcrafts of many kinds
VOLUME NINE: The story of the early civilisations in the world’s history – how learning and understanding spread from the Mediterranean; How Britain and other countries of the world are governed – concerning Parliaments and people: Local government and courts of law; A children’s treasury of verse – Little masterpieces of to-day and yesterday; Your own special corner: Reading, writing and arithmetic – a helping hand for tiny folk; First steps in drawing, “How to make” and geography – a helping hand for tiny folk; Familiar things and how they are made – industries that serve our everyday needs; The secret of man’s supremacy – about the mental equipment of the human being; Questions and answers on things that interest you and me
VOLUME TEN: Factual Index; Our world today
ATLAS (which I do not have)
DICTIONARY (which I do not have)

ARTISTS WORK IN THE ENCYCLOPEDIA

Here I want to mention artist’s works I can identify or that particularly attract me. I notice in wading through all 10 volumes that many images which are dated must have been reprinted from earlier editions of the encyclopedia and the caption under some “Specially drawn/ painted for this work by ‘Xyz'” makes me wonder if these are unique to this edition!

VOLUME 1 ARTISTS:

G. F. Morrell drew a layered geology diagram (p.5) which has been reproduced a lot as have the many diagrammatic maps of WWI. I suspect this page was reprinted from a colour late earlier in the 20th century
Neave Parker – a very prolific artists drew “Eighty Million Years Ago” showing giant crocodiles (p.9) and on p.28 two illos of dinosaurs (credited to Illustrated London News)
Alice R. Woodward – drew pages 13, 15 and 23 in delicate works showing the ‘ancestor of the shark’, marine life and ‘monsters of sea and river’. She lived from 1862-1951 so I suspect again this is a reprint from somewhere
Nina Scott-Langley‘s lovely red squirrel can be seen below. She illustrated animal life in various magazines and books upto c. 1950
Ernest Aris (Alfred Ernest Walter George Aris, FZS, SGA) is an old favourite that needs no introduction. He illustrated pages 201-204 with birds and 240 with fish
Roland Green – another prolific artists of the era, drew page 223’s ‘Titmouse family’
E. C. Mansell whose name I’ve seen elsewhere – with such a solid signature – but who is a blank to me – He (or she) illustrated a lot of natural history subjects and also drew in magazines of c. 1914-1924. Their books appear to have been published between the 40s and early 1960s.
Dennis Adams has a colour plate in this volume of “Barrier Reef waters” making me think he night be Australian.
Unknown – Take a look at the initials and see if you can help me say who this artist is below who drew “British Wild Flowers”.