[Letter] 1887, May 5, Beaumont Lodge, Shepherd's Bush, W. [to] Mr.[Charles] Welsh [manuscript] / Walter Crane.

Crane, Walter, 1845-1915

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Walter Crane was born in Liverpool on 15 Aug 1845, second son of the portrait painter Thomas Crane and his wife Marie née Kearsley. The family moved first to Torquay, and in 1857 to London. From 1859-62 Crane was apprenticed to the wood engraver William James Linton, although he studied painting at the same time. In 1862 his painting 'The Lady of Shalott' was accepted by the Royal Academy. By the mid-1860s, Crane was illustrating children's books including coloured picture books desi...

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Welsh, Charles, 1850-1914

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Charles Welsh was born in Ramsgate, Kent, England on December 22, 1850, to Charles and Susannah Welsh. After attending national schools in Ashford, Kent, Welsh trained as a blacksmith in addition to receiving certificates in arithmetic, English literature and French. In 1868, Welsh went to work for The British Trade Journal as a reporter, using his knowledge of mechanics to write about new agricultural machinery. A publishing career soon followed with positions at Henry...