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George Wylie Hutchinson

Illustration — George Wylie Hutchinson - self portrait, 1920 George Wylie Hutchinson (1852–1942) was a painter and leading illustrator in Britain and was from Great Village, Nova Scotia, Canada. He illustrated the works of Arthur Conan Doyle, Rudyard Kipling, Hall Caine, Robert Louis Stevenson and Israel Zangwill. His paintings inspired the poem "Large Bad Picture" and "Poem", both by Elizabeth Bishop, his great grand niece.

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George Wylie Hutchinson

A pair of spectacles: left, a policeman pierces W.E. Gladstone's hat with his sword; right, a man is about to throw a stone at a policeman. Drawing by G. Hutchinson, ca. 1890., 1890, by George Wylie Hutchinson

George Wylie Hutchinson · Wellcome Collection, London · Wellcome Collection · Public Domain Mark

Born
1852
Died
1942
Nationality
Canada
Occupation
cartoonist · illustrator · painter
Fields
illustration · painting
Languages
English

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Illustration — George Wylie Hutchinson - self portrait, 1920 George Wylie Hutchinson (1852–1942) was a painter and leading illustrator in Britain and was from Great Village, Nova Scotia, Canada. He illustrated the works of Arthur Conan Doyle, Rudyard Kipling, Hall Caine, Robert Louis Stevenson and Israel Zangwill. His paintings inspired the poem "Large Bad Picture" and "Poem", both by Elizabeth Bishop, his great grand niece.

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