Charles Robinson (1870–1937) was a prolific British book illustrator.

Biography

Born in Islington in October 1870, London, he was the son of illustrator Thomas Robinson, and his brothers

Thomas Heath Robinson T. Heath Robinson (1869–1954) was an English illustrator of books and magazines, in both line drawings and full color. He illustrated many books for Allen, Nisbit, Dent, Sands and others as well as illustrations for magazines, including C ...

and

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also became illustrators. He served an apprenticeship as a

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and took art lessons in the evenings. He won a place at the Royal Academy in 1892 but was unable to take it up due to lack of finances. The first full book he illustrated was

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A Child's Garden of Verses ''A Child's Garden of Verses'' is an 1885 volume of 64 poems for children by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. It has been reprinted many times, often in illustrated versions, and is considered to be one of the most influential child ...

'' (1895) which includes over 100 pen and ink drawings. It was extremely popular, going through many reprints, and generated numerous commissions. He illustrated many fairy tales, children's books and books written by Walter Copeland Jerrold and himself throughout his career. He was also an active painter, especially in later life, and was elected to the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours in 1932. Robinson married Edith Mary Favatt in 1897 in Middlesex, England and they were the parents of four daughters and two sons.

Works Illustrated

* Oscar Wilde's ''The happy prince and other stories'' (1888) *''

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'' (1895) *Carrington, E. ''Animals in the Wrong Places'' (1896) *Lowry, H. D. ''Make Believe'' (1896) *Setoun, G. ''The Child World'' (1896) *

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's ''Lullaby Land'' (1897) *A. Bell ''Dobbie’s Little Master'' (1897) *B. Macgregor ''King Longbeard'' (1898) * W. E. Cule's ''Child Voices'' (1899) * William Brighty Rands ''Lilliput Lyrics'' (1899) *George Sand ''The Master Mosaic Workers'' (1899) * Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué's ''Sintram and His Companions'' (1900) *J. J. Bell ''Jack of all Trades'' (1900) *''The New Noah’s Ark'' (1900) * W. Canton ''The True Annals of Fairyland'' (1900) *P. Dearmer ''The Little Lives of the Saints'' (1900) *N. Garstin ''The Suitors Of Aprille'' (1900) *

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''The Adventures of Odysseus'' (1900) *''Aslauga’s Knight'' (1900) *C. Perrault ''Tales of Passed Times'' (1900) *G. Sand ''The Master Mosaic Workers'' (1900) *H. de V. Stacpoole ''Pierrette'' (1900) *E. Rhys ''The True Annals of Fairyland'' (1901) *''The Reign of King Cole'' (1901) *''A Book of Days for Little Ones'' (1901) * W. Copeland ''The Farm Book'' (1901) *Claire Bridgman ''The Book of Shops'' (1902) *W. Copeland ''The Book of the Zoo'' (1902) *''The Shopping Day'' (1902) *J. H. Burn ''The Mother's Book of Song'' (1902) *W. Jerrold ''Nonsense! Nonsense!'' (1902) *''The Coronation Autograph Book'' (1902) *Jerrold ''The Big Rook of Nursery Rhymes'' (1903) *'' Siegfried : A Romance founded on Wagner's Operas'' (1904) *D. W. Jerrold ''Fireside Saints'' (1904) *''A Bookful of Fun'' (1905) *''The Black Cat Book'' (1905) *''The Book of Ducks and Dutchies'' (1905) *''The Book of the Dutch Dolls'' (1905) *''The Book of the Fan'' (1905) *''The Book of the Little JDs'' (1905) *''The Book of the Mandarinfants'' (1905) *''The Book of the Little Dutch Dots'' (1905) *''The Hundred Best Blank Verse Passages in the English Language'' (1905) *I. H. Wallis ''The Cloud Kingdom'' (1905) *''The Child's Christmas'' (1906) *''The Silly Submarine'' (1906) *''The Book of Dolly's Doings'' (1906) *''Bouncing Babies'' (1906) *''The Book of Dolly's House'' (1906) *''The Book of Dolly Land'' (1906) *''Awful Airship'' (1906) *''Mad Motor'' (1906) *K. A. Tynan ''Little Book of Courtesies'' (1906) *''The Sweet Shop'' (1907) *''The Toy Shop'' (1907) *''The Cake Shop'' (1907) *''

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'' (1907) * Evelyn Sharp ''The story of the weathercock'' (1907) *''Babes and Blossoms'' (1908) *''The Book of Other people'' (1908) *''The Book of Sailors'' (1908) *''The Book of Soldiers'' (1908) *W. Jerrold ''The True Annals of Fairyland in the Reign of King Aberon'' (1909) *''

Grimm's Fairy Tales ''Grimms' Fairy Tales'', originally known as the ''Children's and Household Tales'' (german: Kinder- und Hausmärchen, lead=yes, ), is a German collection of fairy tales by the Grimm brothers or "Brothers Grimm", Jacob and Wilhelm, first publi ...

'' (1910) * Ruth Arkwright ''Brownikins and Other Fancies'' (1910) *J. Pope ''Babes and Birds'' (1910) *N. Syrett ''The Vanishing Princess'' (1910) *''The Dolly Scouts'' (1911) *

Frances Hodgson Burnett Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett (24 November 1849 – 29 October 1924) was a British-American novelist and playwright. She is best known for the three children's novels ''Little Lord Fauntleroy'' (published in 1885–1886), '' A Little ...

's ''

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'' (1911) *''The Sensitive Plant'' (1911) *''My Book about Australia'' (1912) *Alice Talwyn Morris ''My Book about New Zealand'' (1912) *

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''Songs of Innocence'' (1912) *A. France ''Bee, Princess of the Dwarfs'' (1912) *Emily Handasyde ''The Four Gardens'' (1912) *Jerrold ''The Big Book of Fables'' (1912) *Pope ''Babes and Beasts'' (1912) *H. Fielding ''Margaret’s Book'' (1913) *W. Minnion ''Topsy Turvey'' (1913) *Perrault ''Fairy Tales'' (1913) *E. T. Thurston ''The Open Window'' (1913) * Oscar Wilde ''The Happy Prince'' (1913) *A. E. Castle ''Our Sentimental Garden'' (1914) *A. T. Morris ''A Child’s Book of Empire'' (1914) *''Songs and Sonnets by William Shakespeare'' (1915) *'' Robert Herrick'' (1915) *E. Sharp ''What Happened at Christmas'' (1915) *''The Story of Prince Ahmed'' (1915) *''he Little Hunchback Zia'' (1916) *Phyllis Austin ''The Goldfish Bowl'' (1918) *''Bridget’s Fairies'' (1919) *M Elsie Gullick ''Teddy's Year with the Fairies'' (1920) *G. Rhys ''The Children’s Garland of Verse'' (1921) *G.J. Stevenson ''Father Time Stories'' (1921) *''Doris and David Alone'' (1922) *Girvin, B. & Cosens, M. ''Wee Men'' (1923) *A.A. Milne ''Once on a Time'' (1925) *''Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes'' (1928) *''The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam'' (1928) *Jennie Dunbar ''Young Hopeful'' (1932)

Gallery

The happy prince and other tales pg 10.jpg, ''The Happy Prince'' (1888) Image taken from page 11 of 'The Child World. (In verse.) ... Illustrated by C. Robinson' (11234355794).jpg, ''Child World'' (1896) Away she danced.jpg, ''The Red Shoes'' (1899) Cindarella illustration by Charles Robinson 1900.jpg, ''Cinderella'' (1900) Page 017 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Carrol, Robinson, 1907).png, ''Alice in Wonderland'' (1907) Sensitive Plant image 2.jpg, ''Sensitive Plant'' (1911) She will pass me by.jpg, ''She will pass me by'' (1913)

Biography

''Charles Robinson'' by Leo de Freitas. London: Academy Editions; New York: St. Martins Press, 1976. . (pbk.).

References

External links

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Works by Charles Robinson
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