I will admit I didn't realise how many there were until I stumbled across a copy of the Secret Garden and then I was well to be honest enchanted.īefore I got in to reading properly (more like passionately) I remember being force to read many a book school.

This is part of the Everymans Library of Children's classics, a series of beautifully bound books containing some of the most famous and iconic children's stories through the years. Okay I will admit that I have let things slip a little the last few days but this is my way of trying to get back in to things (so apologies one and all). He was the uncle of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author of the Sherlock Holmes stories. He exhibited regularly at the Grosvenour Galleries and also at the Royal Academy in 18. He produced 11 books of his own between 18, his last five being published posthumously, as well as illustrating many for other authors including Thackeray, Mark Lemon and Ruskin. His iconic cover for the Punch magazine was used for many years after his death. He joined the staff of Punch in 1843 aged 19, remaining there for seven years. He produced his first complete illustrated book, Home for the Holidays, when he was 12 it was published posthumously in 1887. Throughout his life he was fascinated by fairy tales.

The young Doyle had no formal art training other than his father's studio, but from an early age displayed a gifted ability to depict scenes of the fantastic and grotesque. His work frequently appeared, amongst other places, in Punch magazine he drew the cover of the first issue, and designed the magazine's masthead, a design that was used for over a century.īorn at 17 Cambridge Terrace, London, one of seven children of Irish cartoonist John Doyle (known as 'H.B'), a noted political caricaturist, two of his brothers, James and Charles, were also artists. Richard 'Dickie' Doyle (September 1824 –11 December 1883) was a notable illustrator of the Victorian era. Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.

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