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'Into this stone I am about to draw your spirit, O Macumazana'
Child of Storm
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illustratorillustratorA. C. MichaelA. C. Michaelhttps://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/haggard/illustrations/images/000/000/1352/original/ivoryChildCassell1929.jpg?1489881596Little is known about illustrator, painter, and etcher Arthur C. Michael (also known as A. C. Michael), who worked in Bedford Park, London, between 1903 and 1916. Michael traveled widely in Europe, documenting a porti...Little is known about illustrator, painter, and etcher Arthur C. Michael (also known as A. C. Michael), who worked in Bedford Park, London, between 1903 and 1916. Michael traveled widely in Europe, documenting a portion of his journeys in <span style="font-style:italic;">An Artist in Spain</span> (1914). While he is predominantly remembered for illustrating Haggard’s books, Michael also contributed to <span style="font-style:italic;">The Illustrated London News</span>, <span style="font-style:italic;">The Graphic</span>, and <span style="font-style:italic;">The Morning Star</span>. Historians are uncertain whether A. C. Michael is the same person as Arthur Michaël, the artist responsible for illustrating at least one issue of the French satirical periodical <span style="font-style:italic;">L'Assiette</span> (No. 20, 15 August 1901). <h4>Further Reading</h4> <p style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in">Appelbaum, Stanley. <span style="font-style:italic;">French Satirical Drawings from L'Assiette Au Beurre</span>. New York: Dover, 1978. xii. Print.</p> <p style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in">Houfe, Simon. “Michael, A.C. fl. 1903-1916.” <span style="font-style:italic;">The Dictionary of British Book Illustrators and Caricaturists 1800-1914</span>. Woodbridge, Suffolk: Antique Collectors’ Club, 1981. 390. Print.</p> <p style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in">Michael, Arthur C. <span style="font-style:italic;">An Artist in Spain</span>. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1914. Print.</p> <p style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in"><a href="http://charlespearce.org/people/a-c-michael.html">Williams, Paul Flo. "A. C. Michael." <span style="font-style:italic;">The Charles Pearce Project</span>. 13 January 2017. Web. 25 February 2017.</a></p>
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A. C. Michael
Little is known about illustrator, painter, and etcher Arthur C. Michael (also known as A. C. Michael), who worked in Bedford Park, London, between 1903 and 1916. Michael traveled widely in Europe, documenting a portion of his journeys in An Artist in Spain (1914). While he is predominantly remembered for illustrating Haggard’s books, Michael also contributed to The Illustrated London News, The Graphic, and The Morning Star. Historians are uncertain whether A. C. Michael is the same person as Arthur Michaël, the artist responsible for illustrating at least one issue of the French satirical periodical L'Assiette (No. 20, 15 August 1901).
Further Reading
Appelbaum, Stanley. French Satirical Drawings from L'Assiette Au Beurre. New York: Dover, 1978. xii. Print.
Houfe, Simon. “Michael, A.C. fl. 1903-1916.” The Dictionary of British Book Illustrators and Caricaturists 1800-1914. Woodbridge, Suffolk: Antique Collectors’ Club, 1981. 390. Print.
Michael, Arthur C. An Artist in Spain. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1914. Print.
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