Description: [WILLIAM B. MACDOUGALL, ILLUSTRATED BOOKS] MACDOUGALL, William Brown (Illustrations) "THE BOOK OF RUTH - Pictured and Designed by WB MACDOUGALL..." London. J.M. Dent and Co. 1896. Quarto (7.5 in x 9.75 in) Original tan publisher's gilt decorated cloth. Light stain to lower corner of front panel. Contents clean. Hinges sound. Overall, very good. A nice, collectible example of this exceptional example of late 19th century book art. As of this listing, we currently have in inventory, TWO OF THE ORIGINAL PAGE BORDERS (shown in the 5th & 6th photos) USED FOR THIS PUBLICATION ON OFFER IN ANOTHER LISTING OF OURS. https://www.ebay.com/itm/115896798583 _____________________________________William Brown Macdougall (16 December 1868 – 20 April 1936) was a Scottish artist, wood engraver, etcher and book illustrator. Macdougall was born in Glasgow on 16 December 1868. He was married to Margaret Armour, the translator, poet and playwright. They collaborated with Aubrey Beardsley on many projects and were members of the prestigious New English Art Club. The couple lived in the Uplands, Loughton, and then for many years at Debden Green, Loughton in Essex, home at the time of a noted artistic and scientific community, where a Blue Plaque commemorating them was unveiled in 2012. Macdougall received his art education at the Glasgow Academy and at the Académie Julian in Paris, also working in the studios of Bouguereau, Jean-Paul Laurens and Tony Robert-Fleury, and becoming a member of the Salon des Artistes Français. He contributed to The Yellow Book, The Evergreen, and The Savoy in the 1890s. His work tended to be somewhat sombre and was clearly influenced by Aubrey Beardsley and William Morris. He provided a frontispiece portrait of Robert Louis Stevenson for Margaret's first book, and illustrations for her books of poetry as well as her translations from medieval German. He only illustrated for a very brief period between 1896 and 1898, but contributed greatly to this form of art – his decorative vignettes seen in "The Fall of the Nibelungs", "Isabella, or the Pot of Basil" and "The Blessed Damozel" owe much to Art Nouveau and Arts and Crafts Movement motifs. He died on 20 April 1936 in Loughton. After William's death Margaret returned to Edinburgh, where she died in 1943. Please email any questions -
Price: 429.99 USD
Location: Beverly Hills, California
End Time: 2024-12-05T19:29:50.000Z
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Binding: Cloth
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated
Author: Ernest Rhys
Topic: Fairy Tales & Fantasy
Subject: Illustrated
Original/Facsimile: Original
