Illustration of books
Subject
Subject Source: Fast
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Margaret Waring Buck Papers
Collection
Identifier: 1997-0034
Abstract
Margaret Waring Buck was born in New York in 1905. She was an illustrator, naturalist, and physiognomist who lived much of her life in Mystic, Connecticut, up until her death in 1997. Miss Buck studied the 'science' of Face Reading with Dr. Holmes W. Merton in the 1930s in New York City. Miss Buck also illustrated many books on natural subjects, including Animals Through the Year, published in 1941, and How They Grow,...
Dates:
undated, circa 1860-1993
Robert Andrew Parker Papers
Collection
Identifier: 1997-0153
Abstract
Born in 1927 in New Jersey, Parker is the illustrator of over forty children's books. Parker currently lives in Connecticut.
Dates:
1996
Brinton Turkle Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2000-0115
Abstract
Brinton Turkle was born 15 August 1915, in Alliance, Ohio, the son of Edgar Harold (a funeral director) and Ada (Cassaday) Turkle. He attended Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie-Mellon University, 1933-1936) and School of Boston Museum of Art (1938-1940).
Dates:
undated, circa 1981
