![]() ![]() Harrap’s publishing house established a lengthy collaboration with Clarke, the artist often selecting the books that would showcase his talent. In 1913, after failing to impress a number of London publishers with his portfolio, the Irish artist met George Harrap who immediately commissioned illustrations for Hans Christian Andersen’s Fairy tales. While Clarke (1889 – 1931) is renowned for his ecclesiastical decorations in stained glass, he achieved international acclaim as an illustrator of books, a medium suited to his graphic art in black and white. ![]() The title of our blog is inspired by a staff favourite here in the Department of Early Printed Books & Special Collections – the 1919 edition of Edgar Allan Poe’s Tales of mystery and imagination illustrated by the ever popular Harry Clarke. ![]() Clarke’s illustration to ‘The murders in the Rue Morgue’ from Poe’s Tales of mystery and imagination (London, 1919), OLS X-2-586. ![]()
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