Hugh Thomson | |
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 Thomson at his desk, 1912 | |
| Born | 1 June 1860 |
| Died | 7 May 1920 (aged 59) |
| Occupation | Illustrator |
| Movement | Cranford School |
Hugh Thomson RI (1 June 1860 – 7 May 1920) was an Irish Illustrator born at Coleraine near Derry.[1] He is best known for his pen-and-ink illustrations of works by authors such as Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, and J. M. Barrie. Thomson inaugurated the Cranford School of illustration with the publication of the 1891 Macmillan reissue of Mrs. Gaskell's Cranford.
- ^ Houfe, Simon (1981). The Dictionary of British Book Illustrators and Caricaturists, 1800–1914. Suffolk: Antique Collectors' Club Ltd. p. 479. ISBN 0902028731.