John Philipps Emslie
John Philipps Emslie (1839 – 1913) was a British topographical artist and folklorist. He was the brother of Alfred Edward Emslie, another artist. • Illustration — Front cover for New Canterbury Tales by John Philipps Emslie. • Illustration — Family grave of John Philipps Emslie in Highgate Cemetery (west side)
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John Philipps Emslie
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- Born
- 1839 · London.
- Died
- 1913 · London.
- Nationality
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
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- illustrator · painter · folklorist · exlibrist
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John Philipps Emslie (1839 – 1913) was a British topographical artist and folklorist. He was the brother of Alfred Edward Emslie, another artist. • Illustration — Front cover for New Canterbury Tales by John Philipps Emslie. • Illustration — Family grave of John Philipps Emslie in Highgate Cemetery (west side)
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He was the son of engraver John Emslie. From 1854, Emslie studied at The Working Men's College, and was a student of Dante Gabriel Rossetti. He became a topographical artist, and illustrated The Illustrated topical record of London vol. 9. in 1900. He wrote and illustrated the New Canterbury Tales (Griffith, Farran, Okeden & Welsh) ca.1887. Emslie was an original member of The Folklore Society and was a council member for that Society. He gathered local folklore from around England, making notes and topographical drawings.
The first floor front room at No. 19 Greville Street,
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40-41 Queen Square, London, immediately before demolition. Watercolour attributed to J. P. Emslie, 1882., 1882, by John Philipps Emslie
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1839
John Philipps Emslie was born on 1 January 1839.
1913
John Philipps Emslie died on 24 September 1913.
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- 1.J. F. C. Harrison ,A History of the Working Men's College (1854-1954), Routledge Kegan Paul, 1954
- 2.Guildhall Studies in London History 2 (1976) 69-76.
- 3.J. P. Elmslie. New Canterbury Tales (1887).
- 4.Folklore, Gillian Bennett, 1469-8315, Volume 112, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 95 – 106
- 5.Scraps of Folklore Collected by John Philipps Emslie, C. S. Burne, Folklore, Vol. 26, No. 2. (Jun. 30, 1915), pp. 153-170.
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