Arthur Rackham Collection
Scope and Contents
The collection contains three ink illustrations by Arthur Rackham.
Dates
- undated
Creator
- Rackham, Arthur, 1867-1939 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Open for use in the Elmer L. Andersen Library reading room.
Conditions Governing Use
This collection may be protected by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S. Code). It is the user's responsibility to verify copyright ownership and to obtain all necessary permissions prior to the reproduction, publication, or other use of any portion of these materials. Researchers may quote from the collection under the fair use provision of the copyright law.
Biographical / Historical
Arthur Rackham was born September 19, 1867, in London, England. He attended Lambeth School of Art and married an artist, Edyth Starkie. Contributing to over seventy titles, Rackham illustrated works by authors such as Jonathan Swift, Washington Irving, William Shakespeare, Aesop, Charles Dickens, John Milton, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Edgar Allen Poe. Arthur Rackham died in 1939.
Extent
3 items
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection contains three unidentified ink illustrations by English illustrator Arthur Rackham.
- Drawings (visual works) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Illustration of books -- 19th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Illustration of books -- 20th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Illustrators -- England Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Arthur Rackham Collection, undated
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Sharlene Murphy
- Date
- 2004
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- July 2018: Collection reprocessed and finding aid updated by Caitlin Marineau
Collecting Area Details
Contact The Children's Literature Research Collections Collecting Area
