Harry George Theaker
Harry George Theaker (1873 – 23 January 1954), was an English illustrator, designer, educator, and painter. He is best known for establishing the colours associated with Alice from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. In 1911, with the approval of Alice illustrator John Tenniel, he was commissioned by the book's publisher Macmillan to colour sixteen of Tenniel’s plates for an edition of Alice in which he coloured her dress blue – which has remained so in the popular imagination ever since.
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Harry George Theaker
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- Born
- 1873
- Died
- 1954
- Nationality
- United Kingdom · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Occupation
- painter · artist · illustrator
- Languages
- English
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Harry George Theaker (1873 – 23 January 1954), was an English illustrator, designer, educator, and painter. He is best known for establishing the colours associated with Alice from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. In 1911, with the approval of Alice illustrator John Tenniel, he was commissioned by the book's publisher Macmillan to colour sixteen of Tenniel’s plates for an edition of Alice in which he coloured her dress blue – which has remained so in the popular imagination ever since.
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Born in 1873, died in 1954.
The recorded working language is English. Places of work recorded in the authority are London. Work by Harry George Theaker is recorded in the collections of Potteries Museum & Art Gallery.
Freya and the Dwarves - Illustration by Harry George Theaker for Children's Stories from the Northern Legends by M. Dorothy Belgrave and Hilda Hart, 1920
Harry George Theaker 1873–1954, illustrator
Andvari and the Rhinemaidens - Illustration by Harry George Theaker for Children's Stories from the Northern Legends by M. Dorothy Belgrave and Hilda Hart, 1920
Harry George Theaker, illustrator
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