Eric Fitch Daglish
Illustration — Eric Daglish Eric Fitch Daglish (29 August 1892 – 5 April 1966) was a British engraver and author. He illustrated classics by Izaak Walton, Henry David Thoreau, Gilbert White and W. Hudson with wood engravings. Daglish also authored a number of natural history and wildlife/countryside books.
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Eric Fitch Daglish
- Born
- 1892. · Islington.
- Died
- 1966.
- Nationality
- United Kingdom and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
- Occupation
- painter, illustrator, writer, printmaker, xylographer and artist.
- Languages
- English.
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Illustration — Eric Daglish Eric Fitch Daglish (29 August 1892 – 5 April 1966) was a British engraver and author. He illustrated classics by Izaak Walton, Henry David Thoreau, Gilbert White and W. Hudson with wood engravings. Daglish also authored a number of natural history and wildlife/countryside books.
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Many of his books are now out of print but the originals are sold over the Internet. He died in 1966. He is survived by two sons (twins) and one daughter from his first marriage to Alice Archer, and by one daughter and a son from his second marriage to Esther Lena Rutland. His son Stephen Daglish has conducted and published research on the tracing the origins of the Daglish family name.
Vera Waddington is recorded as having studied under Eric Fitch Daglish. The recorded working language is English. The field of work recorded is book illustration, engraving and natural history. Work by Eric Fitch Daglish is recorded in the collections of Auckland Art Gallery, National Gallery of Canada and Print Collection.
A selection of books written by or illustrated by Eric Fitch Daglish: • Fly Fishing by Viscount Grey of Fallodon (1930) • The South Country, Edward Thomas and Eric Fitch Daglish (1932) • A Nature Calendar (1932) • A Week on the Concord and Merrimac Rivers, The Open Air Library by Henry Thoreau (1932) • How To See Beasts (1933) • How to See Flowers (1933) • The Dog Owner's Guide (1933) • The Gardener's Companion by Miles Hadfield (1938) • The Lake Counties by W.G. Collingwood, A. Reginald Smith and Eric Fitch Daglish. (1939) • Birds Of The British Isles (1948) • The Dog Breeder's Manual (1951) • Enjoying the Country (1952) • Name this Insect (1960) • The Beagle (1961) • Pugs (1962) • Dog Breeding and Management (1962; new ed., 1969) • Whippets (1964)
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- 1.Desmond, Ray. Dictionary of British and Irish Botanists and Horticulturists. CRC Press. 189. 1994. 9780850668438.
- 2.George Philip & Son Ltd. Hutchinson Encyclopedia 8th Edition. 342. 1988.
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