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Crane, Walter, 1845-1915

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1845-08-15 - 1915-03-14

Biography

Walter Crane (1845-1915), English author and illustrator best known for his work in children's literature

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Walter Crane Collection

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 1418
Scope and Contents: The collection contains original sketches, drawings, autograph manuscripts, and autograph letters, signed, by the English illustrator Walter Crane. Prominent are the original drawings for two of Crane's illustrated books, Queen Summer, or The Tourney of the Lily and the Rose (London: Cassell & Co., 1891) and A Floral Fantasy in an Old English Garden (New York and London: Harper and Bros., 1899). Correspondents include Kineton Parkes...
Dates: 1876-1915

William Holman Hunt collection

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 1129
Abstract:

The collection consists of thirty-seven autograph letters, signed, written by William Holman Hunt to friends and acquaintances including Walter Crane, Sir Fred A. Eaton, and Sir William Watson. The bulk of the letters are to British artist, illustrator and designer Frederic James Shields; also present are four graphite sketches by Shields of Hunt at work at his easel.

Dates: 1859-1899

Letters : 13 Holland St., Kensington W., to [Reginald] Hallward, 1912 May

 Part of Collection — Box 80: [Barcode: 39002137225554], Folder: GROUP 3157, F-1
Call Number: GEN MSS MISC

Herman W. Liebert manuscript collection

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 237
Abstract:

The Liebert Autograph Collection contains chiefly British (as well as other European and American) historical and literary manuscripts and autographs, including items by James Boswell, Jr., Sir Joseph Banks, Marie Corelli, Eugene V. Debs, Camille Pissarro, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Thomas Henry Huxley, Samuel Johnson, Ouida, and Alfred Tennyson. The Liebert Correspondence consists of letters written to Liebert by Ian Fleming, Beverly Nichols, John Cowper Powys, and Thornton Wilder.

Dates: 1604-1987

W. J. Linton Collection

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 1387
Abstract:

The collection consists of the papers of author and wood engraver W. J. Linton, including personal and professional correspondence, writings by and about Linton, drawings and prints, personal papers, and other papers covering Linton's life and work in England and the United States. The papers are primarily those inherited by his daughters Ellen Wade Linton and Margaret Linton Mather, with additions from family friends.

Dates: 1797-1937, bulk 1838-1897

Catharine T. Patterson Collection of Walter Crane

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 1386
Abstract:

The collection contains original sketches, drawings, proof sheets, autograph manuscripts, and autograph letters from and to the English illustrator Walter Crane.

Dates: 1867-1957

Additional filters

Type
Collection 5
Archival Object 1
 
Subject
Artists -- Great Britain 3
Artists -- Great Britain -- 19th century 3
Children's literature -- Illustrations 2
Illustration of books -- Great Britain 2
Illustrations (layout features) -- Great Britain -- 19th century 2