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Warwick Goble was born on 22 November 1862 in Dalston, North London.
Warwick Waterman Goble (1862-1943) was a distinguished British illustrator, celebrated for his contribution to children's literature and folklore.

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Warwick Goble, a prominent British illustrator of children’s books, was born in Dalston, London on November 22, 1862. From a young age, he showed a deep artistic passion, which his family supported, as he received guidance from his father, a commercial artist. Goble continued to hone his craft first at the City of London School and then at the Westminster School of Art. He flourished and, in his twenties, embarked on his professional career as a magazine and book illustrator. Quickly gaining recognition for his beautiful illustrations, which depict vividly colored fantastical elements inspired by Japanese, Indian, and Arabic art, Goble honed his craft. His major breakthrough occurred in 1892 when he worked on the illustrations for Fairy Tales by the Brothers Grimm alongside H. R. Millar, a prolific Scottish artist (Goble, Sandie). This publication highlighted Goble’s immense talent and established his reputation as one of the most skilled illustrators of his time. His career only continued to grow, inspiring generations of children and adults alike. Today, Goble is bes

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According to the Dictionary of British Book Illustrators, which describes Goble as “a reliable and accomplished illustrator” from whom the “spark of originality was strangely absent” (124), he worked at a printing firm, learning chromolithography and commercial design. He later joined the staffs of The Pall Mall Gazette and The Westminster Review. Goble travelled extensively in Europe and Asia and knew Chinese and Japanese art. — George P. Landow

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Illustration for H. G. Wells’s War of the Worlds

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Peppin, Brigid, and Lucy Micklethwait. Dictionary of British Book Illustrators: The Twentieth Century. London: John Murray, 1983.

Wells, H. G. The War of the Worlds, serialized in Pearson’s Magazine. London: Pearson, 1897.

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Although not as well-known as his contemporaries Arthur Rackham and Edmund Dulac, Warwick Goble is one of the more prominent illustrators of the “Golden Age of Illustration” that spanned the first quarter of the 20th century. Born in 1862, Goble’s work would often be associated with the Orientalism art movement and he was often sought to illustrate works with Asian themes.

Born and trained in London, Goble studied at both the City of London School and the Westminster School of Art. He came late to the field of illustration (at the age of thirty-four) and spent the early part of his career exhibiting his art at places like the Royal Academy. However, new developments achieved by printers would allow watercolor works from artists like Goble to be published with immense detail and true coloration. Goble began illustrating in 1896, but he did not achieve notoriety until the third book he illustrated in 1898, War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells.

Although Goble would illustrate a handful of books over the next several years, he found more work after 1909 as the demand for colored book pla