author
R. E. D. (Rose Esther Dorothea) Sketchley
b. 1875
An early 20th-century British writer on art and illustration, she is best known for lively studies of painters and for her survey of contemporary English book illustration. Publishing as R. E. D. Sketchley, she helped document the visual culture of her time in books that are still cited today.
1 Audiobook
English Book-Illustration of To-day Appreciations of the Work of Living English Illustrators, with Lists of Their Books
by R. E. D. (Rose Esther Dorothea) Sketchley
About the author
Rose Esther Dorothea Sketchley was born in Kensington, London, on May 17, 1875. She wrote under the name R. E. D. Sketchley, a signature that appears on library records, digitized editions, and later reference pages about her work. The sources found here describe her as a British bibliographer and art critic, and they connect her especially with writing on painters and illustrators.
Her best-known books include English Book-Illustration of To-day (1903) and Watts (1904). She also wrote about the painter John William Waterhouse; a specialist Waterhouse site identifies her as one of his early biographers and gives her lifespan as 1875–1949. Taken together, these sources suggest a writer deeply interested in late Victorian and Edwardian art, especially the ways artists and illustrators shaped the look of books and modern visual culture.
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