Richard Heighway
Richard Heighway (March 1832–10 October 1917) was a British illustrator, noted and exhibited for his black and white designs of Aesop's Fables. His work was influenced by the English illustrator Walter Crane. Heighway's published work include: The Story of the Three Bears, McLoughlin Bros.
Richard Heighway
Joseph Jacobs / Richard Heighway · Title: The Fables of Æsop, London: Macmillan Copy: New York Public library, scan by nicole deyo, obtained from IA.org fablesofsop00aeso Adjustment: Conversion to PNG, greyscale, black/white point sl · Public domain
- Died
- 1917
- Nationality
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Occupation
- artist · cleric · illustrator
- Languages
- English
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Richard Heighway (March 1832–10 October 1917) was a British illustrator, noted and exhibited for his black and white designs of Aesop's Fables. His work was influenced by the English illustrator Walter Crane. Heighway's published work include: The Story of the Three Bears, McLoughlin Bros.
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1880; The Fables of Æsop, Joseph Jacobs (ed.), MacMillan & Co. 1894; and Bluebeard and Puss in Boots, Banbury Cross Series, Dent 1895.
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1850
Richard Heighway born at Marylebone.
1917
Richard Heighway died.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q7326363: Richard Heighway
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- Heighway, Richard, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
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Heighway, Richard, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011Crossref registry
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Richard Heighway is recorded as artist, cleric and illustrator.
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