Norman Ault
Thomas Norman Ault (17 December 1880 – 6 February 1950) was a book illustrator and writer, now best known as a compiler of anthologies. He wrote children's literature with his wife (He)Lena, who died in 1904. He later was noted as a scholar of English poetry of the seventeenth century, and Alexander Pope.
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- 1880
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- United States
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- writer · illustrator
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• The Rhyme Book (1906) with Lena Ault • The Podgy Book of Tales with Lena Ault • Dreamland Shores (1920) • Life In Ancient Britain 1920 • The Poet's Life Of Christ (1923) editor • Elizabethan Lyrics: From The Original Texts (1925) anthology • Seventeenth Century Lyrics: From The Original Texts (1928) anthology • Pope's Own Miscellany (Nonesuch Press, 1935) • The Prose Works of Alexander Pope: The Earlier Works, 1711-1720 (1936) • A Treasury of Unfamiliar Lyrics (1938) anthology • A New Light on Pope (1949) • Alexander Pope Minor Poems (1954) editor, completed by John Butt
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Norman Ault (17 December 1880 – 6 February 1950) is described as a philologist in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. Norman Ault was born on 17 December 1880 in Birmingham, United Kingdom and died on 6 February 1950.
Norman Ault Framed Watercolor. Measures 9-in. x 5.75-in. image size and 17.25-in. x 13.75-in. framed. Appears to be in near mint condition. If lot is absent of a condition report one may be requested via email. Condition report is provided as an opinion only and is no guarantee as grading can be subjective. Buyer must view photographs or scans to assist in determining condition and ask further que
Norman Ault
Middle East - Original illustration.- Ault (Norman) 'In an Indian Garden', illustration for p. 24 from "Caravan Tales", watercolour heightened with white over pencil, on board with paper mount affixed on top, title and date inscribed in pencil on mount, 280 x 190 mm (11 x 7 1/2 in), minor spot lower centre, surface dirt to mount, unframed, 1912.
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