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Walter Crane
(1845 - 1915)
Walter Crane was an English artist and book illustrator. He is considered to be the most prolific and influential children’s book creator of his generation.
Along with Randolph Caldecott and Kate Greenaway, his is considered one of the strongest contributors to the child’s nursery motif that the genre of English children’s illustrated literature would exhibit in its developmental stages in the latter 19th century.
His work featured some of the more colourful and detailed beginnings of the child-in-the-garden motifs that would characterize many nursery rhymes and children’s stories for decades to come.
He was part of the Arts and Crafts movement and produced an array of paintings, illustrations, children’s books, ceramic tiles and other decorative arts.
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The Baby's Bouquet (1878)
Bibliography
The First of May: A Fairy Masque (1881)
A tour de force of illustration, the writing not so much. Read for free online at the University of Florida.
Author(s):
John R. Wise
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
A Floral Fantasy in an Old English Garden (1898)
Humanized flowers. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Walter Crane
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Flora’s Feast: A Masque of Flowers (1889)
Humanized flowers. Read for free online at the University of Florida.
Author(s):
Walter Crane
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
A Flower Wedding Described by Two Wallflowers (1905)
An illustrated poem. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Walter Crane
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Flowers from Shakespeare’s Garden: A Posy from the Plays (1906)
Humanized flowers to illustrate Shakespearean lines. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
William Shakespeare
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
The Forty Thieves (1895)
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Four Winds Farm (1886)
A nine year old boy living on the moors, gets some help from the four winds. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Mrs. Molesworth
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
The Frog Prince (1874)
Would you kiss a frog? Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
The Frog Prince (1895)
This is the later reissue. Would you kiss a frog? Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
A Gaping-Wide-Mouth Waddling Frog (1866)
This is the reissue of this nonsense poem.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
The Golden Primer: Part I (1884)
A primer for very young children learning to read. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
J. M. D. Meiklejohn
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
The Golden Primer: Part II (1885)
The above is one of the illustrations in the second part of this children’s primer. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
J. M. D. Meiklejohn
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
The Golden Primer: Parts I and II (1885)
The pictures in this primer were originally poster size and used by Professor Meikeljohn at his lectures.
Author(s):
J. M. D. Meiklejohn
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Goody Platts and her Two Cats (1864)
An elderly woman reminisces about her old mother cat and tells stories of her current tom, one of her old cat’s kittens. Read for free online at Google Books.
Author(s):
Thomas Miller
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Goody Two Shoes (1874)
A tale of two orphans and how they eventually prospered. Read for Free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Goody Two Shoes (1900)
This is a later reissue edition. A tale of two orphans and how they eventually prospered. Read for Free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Goody Two Shoes Picture Book (1901)
An omnibus containing Goody Two Shoes, Aladdin and The Yellow Dwarf. Read for free online at the Toronto Public Library. NOTE: that link downloads a very large file.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Grammar in Rhyme (1868)
An introduction to the parts of speech. Read for free online at the University of Florida.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Grandmother Dear (1878)
Three children go to stay with their grandmother in Paris. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Mrs. Molesworth
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane