The Fantastic Line Art of Arthur Rackham by Arthur Rackham

Author:Arthur Rackham
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 2017-11-15T00:00:00+00:00

ARTHUR RACKHAM: THE WIZARD AT HOME

ELEANOR FARJEON, ST. NICHOLAS MAGAZINE, MARCH 1914

There have been three creators of Rip Van Winkle. The first, who was Washington Irving, created him with his pen; the second, who was Joseph Jefferson, created him with his personality; and the third, who is Arthur Rackham, created him with his brush. And all three owed much to another, far earlier, and unknown creator—the nameless imagination which, in many lands, through many ages, built up the haunted storehouse of lore and legend to which only the true imaginations of later ages possessed the key. Irving, Jefferson, and Rackham, all true imaginers in their different veins, have all held that key in their possession; and though it is of the third holder, only, that I am writing, it is for a particular reason impossible for me to think of him without thinking of the other two as well. For Joseph Jefferson was my grandfather, and Rip, in my family, is regarded as a household god by inheritance.

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