Society of Illustrators

Society of Illustrators is an arts association at United States. It was established in 1901.

Also recorded as New York Society of Illustrators.

Contents

Catalogued works

9 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1792 to 1994.

A London Garland. Cardiovascular physiology in the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries / [Jerome Joseph Bylebyl]., dated [1976], held by Wellcome Collection. Botanical and zoological drawings, 1756-1788 : reproduced from the Fothergill album in the British Museum (Natural History) / edited, with an introduction and commentary, by Joseph Ewan., dated 1968, held by Wellcome Collection. Printer's & publishers' devices in England & Scotland, 1485-1640., dated 1913, held by Wellcome Collection. Thirty plates illustrative of natural history, with a short description affixed to each plate / Published under the direction of the Committee of General Literature and Education, appointed by the Society., dated 1842-1850, held by Wellcome Collection. Transactions of the Society of the Antiquaries of Scotland . Illustrated with copperplates. Volume I., dated 1792, held by Wellcome Collection. English printed almanacks and prognostications : a bibliographical history to the year 1600 / by Eustace F. Bosanquet., dated 1917, held by Wellcome Collection. Early Oxford bindings / by Strickland Gibson., dated 1903, held by Wellcome Collection. Treasures of the Royal Horticultural Society / Brent Elliott., dated 1994, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 1578 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

4 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Canon of Key Artists and Illustrators, Thinking Visually for Illustrators, 2014. Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI), The Grants Register 2019, 2018. But is it art? : the construction and valuation of illustration in Victoria's Island Illustrators Society, 2021. Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI), The Grants Register 2018, 2018.

Digitised editions and texts

10 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

Illustrators 48 (Illustrators) (2007) — Internet Archive. America's Great Women Illustrators 1850-1950 (1985) — Internet Archive. Annual of the Society of Illustrators (1911) — Internet Archive. Illustrators XXX : the Society of Illustrators thirtieth annual of American illustration (1989) — Internet Archive. Second special exhibition, new public library, Nov. 15, 1911, under the auspices of the American Federation of Arts, 1911-1912 [electronic resource] (1911) — Internet Archive. Exhibition of the work of American illustrators (1911) — Internet Archive. Society of Illustrators: 59th Annual of Illustration (2018) — Internet Archive. Illustrators 29 (Illustrators) (1988) — Internet Archive. Illustration in the third dimension : the artist turned craftsman (1978) — Internet Archive. Society of Illustrators: 58th Annual of Illustration (2017) — Internet Archive.

Contemporary press record

Digitised newspaper archives record contemporary notices naming this subject in outlookindia.com, publishersweekly.com, bet.com, si-la.org, mvtimes.com and thegrio.com. The archives are cited for the existence and date of each notice; their wording is not reproduced here.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 4 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 6 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 6 means 6 genuinely separate publishers of record. 6 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1792Transactions of the Society of the Antiquaries of Scotland . Illustrated with copperplates. Volume I. (Wellcome Collection).
  2. 1842Thirty plates illustrative of natural history, with a short description affixed to each plate / Published under the direction of the Committee of General Literature and Education, appointed by the Society. (Wellcome Collection).
  3. 1901Society of Illustrators established.
  4. 1911Annual of the Society of Illustrators digitised by Internet Archive.
  5. 1911Second special exhibition, new public library, Nov. 15, 1911, under the auspices of the American Federation of Arts, 1911-1912 [electronic resource] digitised by Internet Archive.
  6. 1911Exhibition of the work of American illustrators digitised by Internet Archive.
  7. 1913Printer's & publishers' devices in England & Scotland, 1485-1640. (Wellcome Collection).
  8. 1968Botanical and zoological drawings, 1756-1788 : reproduced from the Fothergill album in the British Museum (Natural History) / edited, with an introduction and commentary, by Joseph Ewan. (Wellcome Collection).
  9. 1976Cardiovascular physiology in the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries / [Jerome Joseph Bylebyl]. (Wellcome Collection).
  10. 1985America's Great Women Illustrators 1850-1950 digitised by Internet Archive.
  11. 1989Illustrators XXX : the Society of Illustrators thirtieth annual of American illustration digitised by Internet Archive.
  12. 2007Illustrators 48 (Illustrators) digitised by Internet Archive.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    But is it art? : the construction and valuation of illustration in Victoria's Island Illustrators Society, 2021

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Canon of Key Artists and Illustrators, Thinking Visually for Illustrators, 2014

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI), The Grants Register 2018, 2018

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI), The Grants Register 2019, 2018

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  5. 5.

    Contemporary press: 15 articles naming “Society of Illustrators” across 8 publications

    press · Unverified

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  6. 6.

    Gemeinsame Normdatei 1217719261, Society of Illustrators (Dallas, Tex.).

    authority file · Unverified · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek

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  7. 7.

    Internet Archive, 12 digitised items catalogued under Society of Illustrators as creator.

    digital repository · Unverified

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  8. 8.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 1578 works naming Society of Illustrators.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  9. 9.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q2296922: Society of Illustrators

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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  10. 10.

    “Society of Illustrators”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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