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Warwick Goble Prints
About Warwick Goble
Warwick Goble (1862–1943) was an English illustrator, born in London. He went to the City of London School and trained at the Westminster School of Art, then worked for a printer as a lithographic artist. In the 1890s he drew for newspapers and magazines including the Pall Mall Gazette and Pearson's Magazine, and exhibited watercolours at the Royal Academy.
Warwick Goble's early fame came from his drawings for H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds, published as a book in 1898, which showed the Martians' towering fighting machines. His real gift, though, was colour. In the golden age of illustrated gift books he painted soft, glowing watercolours for fairy tales and stories set in Japan and India, including The Water Babies (1909), Green Willow and Other Japanese Fairy Tales (1910) and Folk-Tales of Bengal (1912). Collectors still prize these books for their delicate colour and decorative charm.
Warwick Goble prints: reproductions of the English illustrator's watercolour illustrations for fairy and fantasy books of the early 20th century. The collection includes For the Nautilus is my boat in which I over the waters float, And I should look like a fountain of gold, Three spirits mad with joy come dashing down on a tall wayside flower, and Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell.
This selection focuses on his fairy subjects: small winged figures among flowers, sea-nymphs and shells, and spirits of water and earth, each titled with a line of verse. The palette is soft and light, with pale blues, greens and gold, and the figures are drawn with fine, delicate outlines.
The gentle colours suit bedrooms, nurseries, bathrooms and reading corners, and the pictures work well in pairs or a small series. All prints are museum-quality reproductions, available unframed or framed with acrylic glazing, with free shipping and import duties covered.
