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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