Honor C. Appleton
Honor Charlotte Appleton (1879–1951) was a British illustrator of children's books, including The Children's Alice.[1] She had a delicate watercolour style, influenced by Kate Greenaway and others.[2]
Biography[edit]
She was born in Brighton, on the south coast of England, on 4 February 1879,[3] and lived in nearby Hove most of her life. She studied art at the Kensington School, Frank Calderon's School of Animal Painting and the Royal Academy of Arts.
Works[edit]
Appleton illustrated more than 150 books in the course of her career. They included the fairytales of Charles Perrault and Hans Christian Andersen,[3] William Blake's Songs of Innocence and a retold version of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, The Children's Alice.
Her watercolours were exhibited at the Royal Academy, and there was a memorial exhibition of her work at Hove Library in 1952.
References[edit]
- ^ The Children's Alice, Pook Press
- ^ Honor Appleton at Books Illustrated – archive date 3 April 2011
- ^ a b Bury, Stephen (ed.). "Appleton, Honor Charlotte". Benezit Dictionary of British Graphic Artists and Illustrators. Oxford University Press.
External links[edit]
- Works by Honor C. Appleton at Project Gutenberg
- Honor Appleton at the Victorian Web
- Honor Appleton at Pook Press
- The picture book The Bad Mrs. Ginger, 1902, written and illustrated by Honor C. Appleton, at the International Children's Digital Library
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