Herbert Cole
Pre-Raphaelite illustrator and suffragist artist
Herbert Cole was an English book illustrator and portrait artist. Cole was influenced by Walter Crane and Sir Edward Burne-Jones. He illustrated a range of books published by various notable publishers. He illustrated the John Lane edition of Gulliver's Travels in 1900. Herbert Cole like Sylvia Pankhurst, studied at Manchester School of Art and was heavily influenced by the Pre-Raphaelites, William Morris and illustrators like Walter Crane who had volunteered their work for papers like the Socialist League's Commonweal. He married the anarchist and anti-militarist Clara Gilbert. Both Clara and Herbert seem to have been involved in suffragism, Herbert becoming the staff artist for the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU) later progressing to provide illustrations for 'The Workers' Dreadnought'. He was a prolific artist from the 1890s into the 1920s. His work included that as an illustrator for children's books and a designer.
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- A Child’s Book of Warriors Pl 08 1907
- A Child’s Book of Warriors Pl 11 1907
- A Child’s Book of Warriors Pl 01 1907
- A Child’s Book of Warriors Pl 14 1907
- A Child’s Book of Warriors Pl 15 1907
- A Child’s Book of Warriors Pl 13 1907
- A Child’s Book of Warriors Pl 10 1907
- A Child’s Book of Warriors Pl 04 1907
- A Child’s Book of Warriors Pl 03 1907
- A Child’s Book of Warriors Pl 12 1907
- A Child’s Book of Warriors Pl 07 1907
- A Child’s Book of Warriors Pl 06 1907
- A Child’s Book of Warriors Pl 16 1907
- A Child’s Book of Warriors Pl 02 1907
- A Child’s Book of Warriors Pl 09 1907
- A Child’s Book of Warriors Pl 05 1907