Edmund Hort NewDavid Cox. "
Edmund New's Diary of a Visit to Kelmscott Manor
''" (Journal of the William Morris Society 3.1, Spring 1974: 3-7). (December 1871 – 1931) was an English artist, member of the Birmingham Group, and leading illustrator of his day.

Life and work

New was born in

Evesham Evesham () is a market town and parish in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire, in the West Midlands region of England. It is located roughly equidistant between Worcester, Cheltenham and Stratford-upon-Avon. It lies within the Vale of Evesha ...

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, a cousin of Thomas New. He studied at the

Birmingham Municipal School of Art The Birmingham School of Art was a municipal art school based in the centre of Birmingham, England. Although the organisation was absorbed by Birmingham Polytechnic in 1971 and is now part of Birmingham City University's Faculty of Arts, Design a ...

under

Edward R. Taylor __NOTOC__ Edward Richard Taylor RBSA (14 June 1838 – 11 January 1911) was an English artist and educator. He painted in both oils and watercolours. He became a member of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists in 1879. Biography Taylor ta ...

(headmaster of the school) and A. J. Gaskin, becoming known in the 1890s as an illustrator in the black-and-white style of the

Arts and Crafts A handicraft, sometimes more precisely expressed as artisanal handicraft or handmade, is any of a wide variety of types of work where useful and decorative objects are made completely by one’s hand or by using only simple, non-automated re ...

movement. He specialised in pen and ink drawings of rural and urban landscapes, old buildings and their interiors, architectural features, and also designed

bookplates An ''Ex Libris'' (from ''ex-librīs'', ), also known as a bookplate (or book-plate, as it was commonly styled until the early 20th century), is a printed or decorative label pasted into a book, often on the front endpaper, to indicate ownership. ...

. New provided illustrations for the

English Illustrated Magazine ''The English Illustrated Magazine'' was a monthly publication that ran for 359 issues between October 1883 and August 1913. Features included travel, topography, and a large amount of fiction and were contributed by writers such as Thomas Hardy, ...

and was commissioned by the

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publishing house (cofounded by John Lane) to work on critically acclaimed editions of books, such as ''The Compleat Angler'' by

Izaak Walton Izaak Walton (baptised 21 September 1593 – 15 December 1683) was an English writer. Best known as the author of ''The Compleat Angler'', he also wrote a number of short biographies including one of his friend John Donne. They have been colle ...

and ''The Natural History of Selborne'' by

Gilbert White Gilbert White FRS (18 July 1720 – 26 June 1793) was a " parson-naturalist", a pioneering English naturalist, ecologist, and ornithologist. He is best known for his ''Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne''. Life White was born on ...

. In 1895, New was invited to meet

William Morris William Morris (24 March 1834 – 3 October 1896) was a British textile designer, poet, artist, novelist, architectural conservationist, printer, translator and socialist activist associated with the British Arts and Crafts Movement. He ...

Kelmscott Manor Kelmscott Manor is a limestone manor house in the Cotswolds village of Kelmscott, in West Oxfordshire, southern England. It dates from around 1570, with a late 17th-century wing, and is Listed building#England and Wales, listed Grade I on the ...

, and went on to provide design work for the

Kelmscott Press The Kelmscott Press, founded by William Morris and Emery Walker, published fifty-three books in sixty-six volumes between 1891 and 1898. Each book was designed and ornamented by Morris and printed by hand in limited editions of around 300. Many ...

as well as illustrating Morris's two-volume biography by

J. W. Mackail John William Mackail (26 August 1859 – 13 December 1945) was a Scottish academic of Oxford University and reformer of the British education system. He is most often remembered as a scholar of Virgil and as the official biographer of the so ...

. Between 1896 and 1914, New provided hundreds of illustrations for over 50 books for various publishers (see booklist below). He also taught drawing to

T E Lawrence Thomas Edward Lawrence (16 August 1888 – 19 May 1935) was a British archaeologist, army officer, diplomat, and writer who became renowned for his role in the Arab Revolt (1916–1918) and the Sinai and Palestine Campaign (1915–1918 ...

("Lawrence of Arabia"). In 1905, New moved from Evesham, the place of his birth, to

Oxford Oxford () is a city in England. It is the county town and only city of Oxfordshire. In 2020, its population was estimated at 151,584. It is north-west of London, south-east of Birmingham and north-east of Bristol. The city is home to the ...

where he started work on a series of drawings of the

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colleges, a project which was to occupy him for the rest of his life and remain unfinished. The drawings were engraved by

Emery Walker Sir Emery Walker FSA (2 April 1851 – 22 July 1933) was an English engraver, photographer and printer. Walker took an active role in many organisations that were at the heart of the Arts and Crafts movement, including the Art Workers Gui ...

and sold as the "New Loggan Prints". He also provided further illustrations for a series of books called the "College monographs" (see below). In 1921 New exhibited at the first exhibition of the

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in London. New has been variously described as "deeply religious, scrupulous and patient in everything", "a life and a life's work of rare unity", "half artist and half saint", and "well read, especially in poetry and talked about art and literature with a sincerity that was very charming".See Jeremy Wilson's ''Lawrence of Arabia, the authorised biography''
chapter 2
(1989). He lived throughout his life on a modest income and suffered from diabetes. He was a member of the

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(Quakers).

Books illustrated by E. H. New

Alfred Austin Alfred Austin (30 May 1835 – 2 June 1913) was an English poet who was appointed Poet Laureate in 1896, after an interval following the death of Tennyson, when the other candidates had either caused controversy or refused the honour. It was cl ...

.
Haunts of Ancient peace
' (MacMillan & Co., 1902). *

Francis Bacon Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban (; 22 January 1561 – 9 April 1626), also known as Lord Verulam, was an English philosopher and statesman who served as Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England. Bacon led the advancement of both ...

, Helen Milman (Ed.)
On Gardens
' (John Lane, 1902). *C. R. Ashbee, ''The Last Records of a Cotswold Community'' (Campden: Essex House Press, 1904). *F. G. Brabant.
Oxfordshire
' (Methuen & Co., 1906). *F. G. Brabant. ''Sussex'' (Methuen, 1905). *F. G. Brabant.
The English Lakes
' (Methuen & Co. 1905). *Egerton Castle.
English book-plates: ancient and modern
' (G. Bell & Sons, 1893), pp 256–257. *G. A. J. Cole.
The Gypsy Road : A Journey from Krakow to Coblentz
' (MacMillan & Co., 1894). *

Algernon Gissing The Gissing family of Great Britain included several noted writers, Olympic competitors, and teachers. George Gissing Algernon Gissing Algernon Fred Gissing (25 November 1860 (Wakefield, West Yorkshire) – 5 February 1937) was an English n ...

.
Broadway: A Village of Middle England
' (E. P. Dutton, 1904). *Algernon Gissing.
Ludlow & Stokesay
' (J. M. Dent & Co., 1905). *Alfred Harvey.
Bristol, a Historical and Topographical Account of the City
' (Methuen & Co., 1906). *C. G. Holme (Ed.).
Modern book illustrators and their work
' (The Studio Ltd., 1914), pp 101–106. *William Holden Hutton.
Highways and Byways in Shakespeare's Country
' (MacMillan, 1914). *William Angus Knight.
Coleridge and Wordsworth in the West country : their friendship, work, and surroundings
' (Charles Scribner's Sons, 1914). *F. A. H. Lambert. ''Surrey'' (Methuen and Co., 1903). *J. W. Mackail.
The Life of William Morris, Vol. 1
' (Longmans, Green & Co., 1901). *J. W. Mackail.
The Life of William Morris, Vol. 2
' (Longmans, Green & Co., 1901). *Helen R. A. Milman.
In the garden of peace
' (John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1896). *Helen R. A. Milman (Mrs. Caldwell Crofton). ''Outside the Garden'' (John Lane the Bodley Head, 1900 - in the ''Open Air Series'') *E. H. New.

' (J. M. Dent & Co., 1904). *A. Hamilton Thompson.
Cambridge and its colleges
' (Methuen, 1898). *E. H. New. ''The new Loggan guide to Oxford Colleges'' (Blackwell, 1932). *Herbert W./ Tompkins.

' (Methuen & Co., 1903/1922) *Herbert W. Tompkins.
Stratford on Avon
' (J. M. Dent 1904). *Isaak Walton, Charles Cotton, Richard Le Gallienne (ed.).
The Compleat Angler
' (John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1898). *

Lawrence Weaver Sir Lawrence Walter William Weaver (1876–1930) was an English architectural writer and civil servant. Early years Lawrence Weaver was the son of Walter and Frances Weaver of Clifton, Bristol. He was educated at Clifton College and was trained ...

.
Sir Christopher Wren, scientist, scholar and architect
' (London, Offices of "Country life", 1923). *Joseph Wells. ''Oxford and its Colleges'' (Methuen, 1903). *Gilbert White, Grant Allen (Ed.).
The Natural History of Selborne
' (John Lane The Bodley Head, 1897). *B. C. A. Windle. ''Chester; a Historical and Topographical Account of the City'' (Methuen and Co., 1903). *B. C. A. Windle.
The Wessex of Thomas Hardy
' (London, New York, J. Lane, 1902). ;The "College Monographs" series (Edited and illustrated by E. H. New): *

W. W. Rouse Ball Walter William Rouse Ball (14 August 1850 – 4 April 1925), known as W. W. Rouse Ball, was a British mathematician, lawyer, and fellow at Trinity College, Cambridge, from 1878 to 1905. He was also a keen amateur magician, and the founding ...

.
Trinity College Cambridge
' (J. M. Dent & Co., 1906). * C. R. Fay.
King's College, Cambridge
' (J. M. Dent & Co., 1907). *A. R. Prickard.
New College, Oxford
' * R. F. Scott.
St. John's College, Cambridge
' (J. M. Dent & Co., 1907). * T. Herbert Warren.
Magdalen College
' (J. M. Dent & Co., 1907). *H. J. White. ''Merton College, Oxford'' (J. M. Dent & Co., 1907). *Bertram C. A. Windle "Shakespeare's Country" (London & Methuen Co. 1899).

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