H. C. (Henry Currie) Marillier

Born in Grahamstown in the Cape Colony in 1865 and later educated in England, he built a varied career that included journalism, criticism, and art history. Sources describe him as a journalist and scientific correspondent for the Pall Mall Gazette, and also as a member of the Shelley Society who moved in late-Victorian literary circles.

He is especially associated with writers and artists of the 1890s. Reliable references note that he was a close friend and correspondent of Oscar Wilde, and that he wrote Dante Gabriel Rossetti: An Illustrated Memorial of His Art and Life in 1899. He also wrote the prefatory note to The Early Work of Aubrey Beardsley and later published The Liverpool School of Painters 1810–67.

Marillier also became known as an expert on tapestries and the arts-and-crafts world around William Morris. Records connect him with Morris & Co., and his History of the Merton Abbey Tapestry Works reflects that deep interest in design, making, and artistic heritage. He died in 1951, leaving behind a body of work that sits at the crossroads of literature, criticism, and decorative art history.