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Honor C. Appleton

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Illustration by Honor C. Appleton from Dumpy Proverbs, 1903

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

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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

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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

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  1. ^ "The Children's Alice - Illustrated by Honor Appleton".
  2. ^ Honor Appleton at Books Illustrated – archive date 3 April 2011
  3. ^ a b Bury, Stephen (ed.). "Appleton, Honor Charlotte". Benezit Dictionary of British Graphic Artists and Illustrators. Oxford University Press.
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