Louis Rhead
Illustrations to David Wyss The Swiss Family Robinson ,
Harper's New York 1909, and a quite bloodthirsty account of the decimation
of a community of cheerful animals by a ghastly family who were determined
to survive. Not Rhead's fault, but the subject does show him at his most
dogged and amusing. He was responsible for the decoration of the units
of the book. Look closely and you'll see that figure drawing was not
his forté.
My edition of Louis Rhead's illustrated Kidnapped (KIDNAPPED
being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751 written
by himself and now set forth by Robert Louis Stevenson with over one hundred
illustrations and decorations by Louis Rhead , Harpers, New York, 1921)
has one peculiar feature - one illustration exists in both formats - black
and white - and colour.
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