Honor Charlotte Appleton (1879–1951) was a British illustrator of children's books, including ''The Children's Alice''. She had a delicate watercolour style, influenced by

Kate Greenaway Catherine Greenaway (17 March 18466 November 1901) was an English Victorian artist and writer, known for her children's book illustrations. She received her education in graphic design and art between 1858 and 1871 from the Finsbury School of ...

and others.Honor Appleton
at ''Books Illustrated'' – archive date 3 April 2011

Biography

She was born in

Brighton Brighton ( ) is a seaside resort in the city status in the United Kingdom, city of Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, England, south of London. Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze Age Britain, Bronze Age, R ...

, on the south coast of England, on 4 February 1879, and lived in nearby

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most of her life. She studied art at the Kensington School, Frank Calderon's School of Animal Painting and the

Royal Academy of Arts The Royal Academy of Arts (RA) is an art institution based in Burlington House in Piccadilly London, England. Founded in 1768, it has a unique position as an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects. Its ...

Works

Appleton illustrated more than 150 books in the course of her career. They included the fairytales of

Charles Perrault Charles Perrault ( , , ; 12 January 162816 May 1703) was a French author and member of the Académie Française. He laid the foundations for a new literary genre, the fairy tale, with his works derived from earlier folk tales, published in his ...

and

Hans Christian Andersen Hans Christian Andersen ( , ; 2 April 1805 – 4 August 1875) was a Danish author. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogue (literature), travelogues, novels, and poems, he is best remembered for his literary fairy tales. Andersen's fai ...

, William Blake's '' Songs of Innocence'' and a retold version of ''

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' (also known as ''Alice in Wonderland'') is an 1865 English Children's literature, children's novel by Lewis Carroll, a mathematics university don, don at the University of Oxford. It details the story of a ...

'', ''The Children's Alice''. Her watercolours were exhibited at the Royal Academy, and there was a memorial exhibition of her work at Hove Library in 1952.

References

External links

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Honor Appleton at the Victorian WebHonor Appleton at Pook PressThe picture book ''The Bad Mrs. Ginger''
, 1902, written and illustrated by Honor C. Appleton, at the International Children's Digital Library {{DEFAULTSORT:Appleton, Honor C. 1879 births 1951 deaths British women children's book illustrators British children's book illustrators British fantasy artists Illustrators of fairy tales 20th-century British illustrators Artists from Brighton People from Hove Alumni of the Royal College of Art