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This category features the illustrators of The Railway Series by Rev. W. Awdry and his son Christopher. Pages in category "The Railway Series illustrators" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
After John T. Kenney resigned from the Railway Series due to failing eyesight, editor Eric Marriot decided to ask Swedish-born artist Gunvor Edwards to see whether she would try her hand at some illustrations for the latest book, Stepney the "Bluebell" Engine. Gunvor accepted the commission and decided to start well into the book with the ...
Spong is a graduate of Leicester College of Art, like John T. Kenney and Clarence Reginald Dalby, who were among the earlier illustrators of the Railway Series books.He remained the illustrator throughout the run of Christopher Awdry's 14 books, illustrating more titles in the series than any other artist.
Kenney brought a lightness of touch and a naturalism to the illustrations that had been previously lacking. In the first book illustrated by Kenney, The Eight Famous Engines, Kenney's superb draftsmanship and his attention to detail are already obvious. Kenney's last illustrations in the Railway Series were for 1962's Gallant Old Engine. By ...
The Railway Series is a series of British books about a railway known as the North Western Railway, located on the fictional Island of Sodor. There are 42 books in the series, the first published in May 1945 by the Rev. Wilbert Awdry. Awdry wrote 26 books; the final one being written in October 1972.
Three of Clive Spong's illustrations from this book would be modified for the Railway Series books Thomas And The Great Railway Show, Thomas Comes Home, and Thomas And The Fat Controller's Engines. The special points scenario of the book would inspire Christopher Awdry to write the 1991 Annual story Near Miss , which would explain to readers ...
He was replaced by John T. Kenney as illustrator. Dalby, a Leicester man, was also the creator of the original trademark polar bear on Fox's Glacier Mints. [8] Fox's was a firm based in Leicester, which was also home to the Railway Series publishers Edmund Ward. [9] Dalby died in 1983, aged 79, following a short illness.
The Railway Series illustrators (4 P) Pages in category "The Railway Series" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.