Walter Crane papers, 1885 [manuscript].

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Walter Crane papers, 1885 [manuscript].

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Original matted ink drawing of St. David's Cathedral in Wales, sketched in 1885. The sketch appears in Crane's An artist's reminiscences, 2nd ed. (London: Methuen and Co., 1907), p. 279.

.30 cubic feet (1 box)

University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus, Joseph Anderson Cook Library

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University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus, Joseph Anderson Cook Library

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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...