The Illustrated Child

by Peter Bennett and Peter Bennett

Children evoke a world of magic, dreams and whimsy. They are the blissful explorers of places innocent and places fanciful, and have been the inspiration for artists and writers moved by the special... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0399124810
• Release Date: January 1981
• Publisher: Putnam
• Length: 150 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Pictorial History

The Illustrated Child is a celebration of children as seen by illustrators of books and magazines, posters and advertisements, chapbooks and comic strips for over 450 years. The list of 67 Illustrators includes: Nancy Ekholm Burkert, Albrecht Durer, George Cruikshank, Thomas Bewick, Sir John Tenniel, Kate Greenaway, Randolph Caldecott, Jessie Wilcox Smith, Hugh Thomson, Thomas Crane, Edmund Dulac, Arthur Rackham, Carl Larsson, Maud and Miska Petersham, Garth Williams, Hugh Lofting, Ernest Shepard, W. W., Denslow, Maurice Boutet de Monvel, Maxfield Parrish, Edward Ardizzone and many anonymous others. A lovely book.