Influential and inspirational people from the world of illustration


George Stubbs

Born in Liverpool, Merseyside in 1724 and lived to be 82.

Illustration, Painting

Sawrey Gilpin

Born in Carlisle, Cumbria in 1733 and lived to be 74.

Illustration,Painting

William Alexander

Born in Maidstone, Kent in 1767 and lived to be 49.

Illustration,Painting

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Born in London, London in 1828 and lived to be 54.

Peot,Illustration,Painting

Arthur Hughes

Born in London, London in 1832 and lived to be 83.

Art,Illustration

Lewis Carroll

Born in Daresbury, Cheshire in 1832 and lived to be 66.

Childrens Fiction, Illustration

George Ashdown Audsley

Born in Elgin, Moray in 1838 and lived to be 87.

Fiction, Illustration, Music

Randolph Caldecott

Born in Chester, Cheshire in 1846 and lived to be 40.

Art,Illustration,Sculpture

Ralph Hedley

Born in Richmond, North Yorkshire in 1848 and lived to be 65.

Art,Wood carving and Illustration

Beatrix Potter

Born in Kensington, London in 1866 and lived to be 77.

Childrens Fiction,Illustration,Painting

Arthur Rackham

Born in Lewisham, London in 1867 and lived to be 72.

Illustration

Frederick Landseer Maur Griggs

Born in Hitchin, Hertfordshire in 1876 and lived to be 62.

Etching, Illustration