Niroot Puttapipat a pen and ink and watercolor artist has illustrated three editions of Jane Austen's novels: Pride and Prejudice, Persuasion and Emma for The Folio Society.
Jane Austen Illustrators: Niroot Puttapipat
Jane Austen Illustrated: Portraits – the Good, the Bad and the Ugly!
From the desk of Laurel Ann Nattress: A few years back, a publisher decided Jane Austen's portrait by a Victorian era artist was too ugly to put on a book cover and decided to give her a make-over adding a new hair do and makeup. "She was not much of a looker," said Helen Trayler, managing... Continue Reading →
Jane Austen Illustrators: Maximilien Vox
"And by my treatment of the pictures I have tried to attune myself to an art which never stresses, records only the essential, draws rather than paints: an art which aims at grace and rhythm rather than at intensity of expression." Maximilien Vox on Jane Austen Many book illustrators have attempted to interpret Jane Austen's... Continue Reading →
Go Gothic with Northanger Abbey: Guest Bloggers Trina Robbins & Anne Timmons Chat about Gothic Classics: Day 17 Giveaway!
Think of Northanger Abbey in a graphic novel format with all of its energy and Gothic allusions visually popping right off the page, and you will have a good notion of what author Trina Robbins and illustrator Anne Timmons have created in their frightfully enchanting version of Northanger Abbey included in Gothic Classics: Graphic Classics Volume... Continue Reading →
Jane Austen Illustrators: Heather Sleightholm
"It is very pretty," said Mr. Woodhouse."So prettily done! Just as your drawings always are, my dear. I do not know any body who draws so well as you do. The only thing I do not thoroughly like is, that she seems to be sitting out of doors, with only a little shawl over her... Continue Reading →
Jane Austen Illustrators: Isabel Bishop
Longbourn (frontispiece) Pride and Prejudice, Dutton (1976) Isabel Bishop (1902-1988) was an American Social Realist Painter and Printmaker, whose contribution of illustrations to E. P. Dutton & Company's 1976 edition of Pride and Prejudice are quite remarkable. She has been described as "the best female artist America produced aside from Mary Cassatt", and like Cassatt,... Continue Reading →
Jane Austen Illustrators: Douglas Warner Gorsline
Douglas Warner Gorsline (1913-1985) was an American book illustrator and fine artist whose line drawings and full color paintings were included in the 1949 edition of Pride and Prejudice, published by The John C. Winston Company of Philadelphia. The book was part of a series of the ten greatest novels in the world selected by author W.... Continue Reading →
Jane Austen Illustrators: Imagining Sense and Sensibility
"Four years you have been engaged?" said she with a firm voice. "Yes; and Heaven knows how much longer we may have to wait. Poor Edward! It puts him quite out of heart." Then taking a small miniature from her pocket, she added, "To prevent the possibility of mistake, be so good as to look... Continue Reading →
Jane Austen Illustrators: The Republic of Pemberley
  ACCOMPLISHED "Oh! certainly," cried his faithful assistant, "no one can be really esteemed accomplished who does not greatly surpass what is usually met with. A woman must have a thorough knowledge of music, singing, drawing, dancing, and the modern languages, to deserve the word; and besides all this, she must possess a certain something... Continue Reading →
Jane Austen Illustrators: Book Design Inspired by Austen’s Work & Times
DESIGN "Tell your sister I am delighted to hear of her improvement on the harp; and pray let her know that I am quite in raptures with her beautiful little design for a table, and I think it infinitely superior to Miss Grantley's."Â Caroline Bingley, Pride & Prejudice, Chapter 10 Recently, I posted an announcement of... Continue Reading →
Jane Austen Illustrators: Ann Kronheimer
 "It is very pretty," said Mr. Woodhouse."So prettily done! Just as your drawings always are, my dear. I do not know any body who draws so well as you do. The only thing I do not thoroughly like is, that she seems to be sitting out of doors, with only a little shawl over her... Continue Reading →
Jane Austen Illustrators: Chris Hammond
From the desk of Laurel Ann Nattress: Over the past 170 years, many have attempted to illustrate Jane Austen's characters and scenes from her novels, but few have succeeded to complement her intent as well as the late 19th-century artists Chris Hammond. I rather think that Jane Austen would have approved of Miss Hammond. Their... Continue Reading →
