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Description: | Walter Crane, the illustrator, designer and painter, was born in Liverpool in 1845, and in 1893 was appointed director od design at Manchester School of Art. He died in Sussex in 1915.
Chester Library has a small collection of about 60 volumes by Walter Crane, with some duplication, including the series of Toy Books, nursery rhymes and fairy tales for very young children, and his writings on decorative art, such as 'Decorative Illustration' and 'Ideals in Art'.
Children's literature and illustration. Decorative art. | Subjects: | Artists Designs Illustration Childrens literature Arts Decorative features Library collections | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | FAX: | 01244 315534 | Telephone: | 01244 312935 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:8665 | Go to resource |
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