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Walter Crane

English artist and book illustrator (1845–1915)
Person human Q660917
Walter Crane
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Facts

35 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[23]
Date of birth
August 15, 1845
Date of death
March 14, 1915
Place of birth
Liverpool
Place of death
Horsham
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[14]
Occupation
painter, illustrator, draftsperson, visual artist, exlibrist, writer, designer, glass painter[15][16][17]
Field of work
children's literature, young adult literature[18][19]
Award received
Albert Medal[22]
Notable work
Mrs. Walter Crane, The Shepheard's Calender[20][21]
Father
Thomas Crane[11]
Mother
Marie Kearsley[12]
Spouse
Mary Frances Crane[13]
Sibling
Thomas Crane, Lucy Crane
Work location
London[29]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[36]
Archives at
Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Rare Books and Special Collections[25][26]
Artist files at
Frick Art Research Library
Copyright status as a creator
copyrights on works have expired
Described by source
The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Paintings of the nineteenth century: contribution to the history of art, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Dictionary of National Biography, third supplement, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Lexicon van de jeugdliteratuur[30][31][32][33][34][35]
End of work period
1915
Family name
Crane[27]
Given name
Walter[28]
Show all 35 facts +11
Has works in the collection
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, Tate, National Gallery of Victoria, National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Canada, Design Museum Gent, Yale Center for British Art, National Gallery, Bavarian State Painting Collections, Cleveland Museum of Art, Musée d'Orsay, Ackland Art Museum, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Brooklyn Museum, National Gallery Prague, Neue Pinakothek, Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, British Museum, Walker Art Gallery, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Whitworth Art Gallery, Royal West of England Academy, Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum, William Morris Gallery, Grosvenor Museum, Leeds Art Gallery, Print Collection, Musea Brugge, J. Paul Getty Museum, Llandudno Museum, Drents Museum, Huis van het boek, Delaware Art Museum, Van Gogh Museum
Movement
Symbolism[24]
Name in native language
Walter Crane[37]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/Frick Art Reference Library, WikiProject New York Public Library, NADD Wikidata project
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P14536
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P14585
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P14750
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Place of burial
Golders Green Crematorium[10]
Start of work period
1859
Writing language
English
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 165
ISNI
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VIAF cluster ID
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Library of Congress authority ID
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GND ID
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ARTIC artist ID
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AbART person ID
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Alexander Turnbull Library ID
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Aozora Bunko author ID
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Archives at Yale agent ID
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Art Gallery of South Australia creator ID
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Art Renewal Center artist ID
1147
Show all 165 identifiers +153
Art UK artist ID
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Artcyclopedia artist ID
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Artist ID of the Department of Prints and Drawings of the Louvre
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Artist-info artist ID
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Artists of the World ID
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Artnet artist ID
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Artsy artist ID
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AskArt person ID
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Athenaeum person ID
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BHL creator ID
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BIBSYS ID
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Benezit ID
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Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
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Bodleian Archives & Manuscripts person ID
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Boijmans artist ID
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Bridgeman artist ID
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British Museum person or institution ID
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Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
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CANTIC ID
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CONOR.BG ID
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Carnegie Hall agent ID
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Christie's creator ID
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Cyprus University of Technology ID
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DBNL author ID
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DFK Paris person ID
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Dansk Forfatterleksikon ID
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Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
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DigitaltMuseum ID
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Discogs artist ID
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DoME artist ID
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ELNET ID
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EUTA person ID
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Enciclopedia Galega Universal ID
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Encyclopaedia Beliana ID
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Encyclopedia of Marxism ID
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Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
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Encyclopædia Universalis ID
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Europeana entity
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FAST ID
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FamilySearch person ID
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Find a Grave memorial ID
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Freebase ID
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Frick Art Research Library Artist File ID
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Galleria Recta artist ID
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Geni.com profile ID
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Goodreads author ID
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Google Arts & Culture entity ID
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Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
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Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
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Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
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Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
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Grove Art Online ID
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Harper's tag
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Hrvatska enciklopedija ID
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ICCD agent ID
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ISFDB author ID
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IdRef ID
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Invaluable.com person ID
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J. Paul Getty Museum agent ID
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Japan Search name ID
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KBR person ID
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Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
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Kallías ID
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KulturNav-ID
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Lex ID
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Libraries Australia ID
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LibriVox author ID
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LiederNet author ID
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Lucerna person ID
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MSBI person ID
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Met Constituent ID
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Minneapolis Institute of Art constituent ID
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Museum-digital ID
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Musée d'Orsay artist or personality ID
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NACSIS-CAT author ID
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NDL Authority ID
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NE.se ID
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NL CR AUT ID
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NLA Trove people ID
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NSK (VIAF) ID
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NSK ID
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NUKAT ID
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National Gallery of Art artist ID
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National Gallery of Canada artist ID
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National Gallery of Victoria artist ID
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National Library of Brazil ID
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National Library of Ireland ID
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National Library of Israel ID (old)
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National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007279864705171
National Library of Korea ID
KAC200903776, KAC2018O0695
National Library of Latvia ID
000194093
National Library of Lithuania ID
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National Library of Poland MMS ID
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National Library of Russia ID
77100943
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
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National Portrait Gallery (London) person ID
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National Virtual Library of India ID
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Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
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Notable Names Database ID
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Obálky knih ID
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Online Books Page author ID
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Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3888093
Open Library ID
OL18092A, OL4265126A
Open Plaques subject ID
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OpenMLOL author ID
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Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ID
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Oxford Reference overview ID
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PMB – Personen der Moderne Basis person ID
116471
Philadelphia Museum of Art entity ID
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Pinakothek artist ID
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Pontifical University of Salamanca ID
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Prabook ID
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Project Gutenberg author ID
7195
Proleksis enciklopedija ID
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Pushkin Museum artist ID
38025
RA Collections ID
7683
RERO ID (legacy)
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RKDartists ID
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Rijksmuseum Research Library authority ID
24759
Royal Academy ID
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SBN author ID
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SELIBR ID
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SNAC ARK ID
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SVKKL authority ID
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Saint Louis Art Museum person ID
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Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam ID
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Stuttgart Database of Scientific Illustrators ID
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Swedish National Library Arken ID
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Tate artist ID
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Te Papa agent ID
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The Encyclopedia of Fantasy ID
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The Literary Encyclopedia person ID
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Treccani ID
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Treccani's Enciclopedia Italiana ID
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UK National Archives ID
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Union List of Artist Names ID
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University of Barcelona authority ID
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University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme)
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Vikidia article ID
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Watercolour World artist ID
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Web Gallery of Art artist ID
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WikiArt ID
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WikiTree person ID
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WorldCat Entities ID
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YCBA agent ID
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Yale LUX ID
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🔗 Connections
Has works in the collection 32
Musée d'Orsay, British Museum, National Gallery, National Gallery of Art, Van Gogh Museum, Brooklyn Museum, Art Institute of Chicago, J. Paul Getty Museum +24 more
Occupation 6
writer, painter, designer, illustrator, draftsperson, visual artist
Described by source 2
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The Nuttall Encyclopædia
Field of work 2
children's literature, young adult literature
Sibling 2
Lucy Crane, Thomas Crane
Siblings 2
Lucy Crane, Thomas Crane
Archives at 1
Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Award received 1
Albert Medal
Country of citizenship 1
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Father 1
Thomas Crane
Given name 1
Walter
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Movement 1
Symbolism
Parent of 1
Thomas Crane
Place of birth 1
Liverpool
Place of burial 1
Golders Green Crematorium
Place of death 1
Horsham
Sex or gender 1
male
Work location 1
London
Writing language 1
English
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Summary

Walter Crane was born on August 15, 1845[1], in Liverpool[2]. He died on March 14, 1915[3], in Horsham[4]. He worked as a painter[5], illustrator[6], draftsperson[7], visual artist[8], and exlibrist[9].

FAQs

Where was Walter Crane born?

Walter Crane was born in Liverpool[2].

Where did Walter Crane die?

Walter Crane died in Horsham[4].

Who were Walter Crane's parents?

Walter Crane's father was Thomas Crane[11]. Walter Crane's mother was Marie Kearsley[12].

Who was Walter Crane married to?

Walter Crane's spouses include Mary Frances Crane[13].

What did Walter Crane do for work?

Walter Crane worked as a painter[5], illustrator[6], draftsperson[7], visual artist[8], and exlibrist[9].

What awards did Walter Crane receive?

Honors received include Albert Medal[22].

Related Entities

British Museum Brooklyn Museum children's literature Cleveland Museum of Art J. Paul Getty Museum Liverpool London Musée d'Orsay National Gallery National Gallery of Art National Gallery of Victoria Neue Pinakothek United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Van Gogh Museum young adult literature

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Find a Grave. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [19] ↑ . dbnl.org. Retrieved . dbnl.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [5] ↑ . Union List of Artist Names. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [6] ↑ . Union List of Artist Names. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [7] ↑ . stedelijk.nl. Retrieved . stedelijk.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [8] ↑ . museabrugge.be. Retrieved . museabrugge.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [9] ↑ . online catalogue of Huis van het boek. Retrieved . mmm-web.adlibhosting.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . RKDartists. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . RKDartists. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . RKDartists. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [10] ↑ . Find a Grave. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [24] ↑ . Encyclopédie du symbolisme. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . thersa.org. thersa.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [25] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [26] ↑ . archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca. Retrieved . archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [1] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [3] ↑ . RKDartists. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . RKDartists. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . Crane, Walter. wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [35] ↑ . dbnl.org. Retrieved . dbnl.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [36] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  37. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  5. 10w ago · Pescan · 2026-08-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → English artist and book illustrator (1845–1915)
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  6. 17w ago · Sj1mor · 2026-07-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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