#john austen

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'Hamlet' illustrated by John Austen, 1922

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John Austen (British, 1886-1948) • Characters of the Commedia dell’arte—Harlequin, Columbine, Pierrot illustrated for The Adventures of Harlequin • 1923

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'Hamlet' illustrated by John Austen, 1922.

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John Austen (1886-1948), ''The Witches' Brew'' by E. J. Pratt, 1926 Source

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John Austen.

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Okay, but when your making art and can't think of a good pose, particularly romantic, I highly recommend looking at the work of John Austen from The Adventures Of Harlequin:

look at that MOVEMENT

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John Austen (1886-1948) Are you going to the first British Advertising Convention, Harrogate, July 4th to the 8th (1925)

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Publishers' Binding Thursday

This week's choice from the stacks is a 1928 edition of French novelist Gustave Flaubert's (1821-1880) Madame Bovary, published in London by John Lane The Bodley Head, Ltd. and in New York by Dodd, Mead and Company. Flaubert's work strives for a sense of realism and of perfection, always seeking "le mot juste"—"the right word." He famously said that "an author in his book must be like God in the universe, present everywhere and visible nowhere."

Madame Bovary was originally serialized in the Revue de Paris in 1856 and as a book in two volumes in 1857. There was an obscenity trial about the contents of the novel, which gained the novel notoriety. This edition features an English translation by British critic and translator J. Lewis May and illustrations by British illustrator John Austen (1886-1948). I believe that Austen did all of the illustrations for the book, including the charming wood-engraved tulip endpapers and the head and tailpieces at the beginning and end of each chapter. It is also likely that he designed the figure on the cover, which also appears on the dust jacket of the book (not pictured).

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-- Alice, Special Collections Department Manager