Arthur Rackham Links
The Society has compiled an extensive collection of resources on the Internet available to the public. We have grouped the links as Biographical Information, Lists of Works and Illustrations. If you have a suggestion for a website to be added to our list please contact us.
Biographical Sites
- Aleph-Bet Arthur Rackham Biography
Biographical information from one of our dealer members. - The Golden Age of Illustration: Arthur Rackham
Article by Laura Massey posted on dealer Peter Harrington website. - Arthur Rackham and His Art
Biographical information plus several illustrations. - The Illustrators Project: Arthur Rackham
Biographical information provided by The Illustrators Project, The Elizabeth Nesbitt Room of the Information Sciences Library at the University of Pittsburgh. - Arthur’s adventures in Wonderland
Article that coincided with 2003 exhibition at the Dulwich Picture Gallery. - Arousing Delight; Arthur Rackham, Artist and Illustrator
Illustrated biographical note provided by one of our Institutional members. This note celebrates the library’s acquisition of the Mary Harbage collection of Arthur Rackham material. - Arthur Rackham Biography
Wikipedia page for Arthur Rackham. Includes examples of Rackham illustrations.
Bibliographical Material
- Bibliography of Works Illustrated and/or
Written by Arthur Rackham
From The Illustrators Project, The Elizabeth Nesbitt Room of the Information Sciences Library at the University of Pittsburgh. - Aleph-Bet Bibliography
List of Major Rackham Limited Editions - Arthur Rackham Bibliography
Nice illustrated bibliography with links to illustrations in many of his works.
Illustrations
- 1906 - Peter
Pan in Kensington Gardens, by J. M. Barrie
A nice selection of illustrations from this work. - 1907 - Alice's
Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll
Complete set of colour illustrations from Rackham's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. - 1907 - Alice's
Adventures in Wonderland (2), by Lewis
Carroll
"Alice" title page and illustrations; high resolution illustrations are available. - 1907 - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (3), by Lewis Carroll
Complete set of color illustrations from Rackham’s Alice. - 1909 - Grimm’s Fairy Tales, by the Brothers Grimm
Biographical information and selected color and B&W illustrations from the first edition. - 1909 - Tales from Shakespeare, by Charles and Mary Lamb
B&W and Color illustrations that appeared in Rackham's Tales from Shakespeare. - 1909 - Gulliver’s Travels, by Jonathan Swift
Complete text and illustrations. - 1911 - Siegfried and The Twilight of the Gods, by Richard Wagner
Complete text and illustrations. - 1913 - Mother Goose
Color illustrations that appeared in Rackham's Mother Goose. - 1917 - The Romance of King Arthur
Nice selection of color and B&W images from the Camelot Project at the University of Rochester (New York). - 1919 - Some British Ballads
Examples of color and B&W images from this work. - Wikimedia collection of color and B&W illustrations from several Rackham works
Medium resolution images on the Arthur Rackham Wikimedia Commons site. - SurLaLune fairytales color and B&W illustrations from several Rackham works
Nice selection of images from several Rackham works. - Art prints of color and B&W illustrations from several Rackham works
Nice selection of images from several Rackham works. - ArtsyCraftsy color and B&W illustrations from several Rackham works
Selection of images from several Rackham works. - Children's books - color and B&W illustrations from several Rackham works
Large archive of Rackham’s first edition illustrations. - American Art Archives collection - Published and unpublished Rackham art
A few examples of Rackham illustrations; a 1914 photo of Rackham. - Original Rackham art exhibited at Chris Beetles Gallery, London
Current and previous listings, The Illustrators exhibitions - Art Passions color and B&W illustrations from several Rackham works, including:
- 1899 - Feats on the Fjords
- 1905 - Rip Van Winkle
- 1906 - Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens
- 1907 - Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
- 1909 - Midsummer Night’s Dream
- 1909 - Gulliver's Travels
- 1909 - Tales from Shakespeare
- 1909 - Undine
- 1910, 1911 - The Ring of the Nibelung [(The Valkyrie and the Rhinegold (1910) and Siegfried and The Twilight of the Gods (1911)]
- 1913 - Mother Goose
- 1920 - Irish Fairy Tales
- 1921 - Comus
- 1922 - A Wonder Book
- 1931 - The King of the Golden River
- 1933 - Goblin Market
- 1939 - The Ring of the Nibelung
- 1940 - Wind in the Willows
- And others.
- Works by Arthur Rackham at Project Gutenberg, including:
- 1906 - Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens
- 1906 - Puck of Pook’s Hill
- 1907 - Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Illustrated by Arthur Rackham with a Proem by Austin Dobsin
- 1910 - Tales from Shakespeare
- 1912 - Aesop’s Fables; a new translation
- 1915 - A Christmas Carol
- 1917 - Sagen van Koning Arthur en de Ridders van de Tafelronde (Dutch)
- 1918 - English Fairy Tales
- 1920 - The Sleeping Beauty