Amy Sawyer
Amy Sawyer (1863-1945) is a painter, illustrator, textile artist, and playwright. She was born in Sussex in June 1863. Sawyer studied at the Herkomer School of Art, Bushey. Between 1887 and 1910 she exhibited widely, including exhibitions at the Royal Academy, the Society of Women Artists, Brighton, and the Paris Salon. Sawyer was central to the Art and Craft movement in Ditchling, Sussex.
Further Reading
Ditchling Museum of Art and Craft. Web. 31 Oct. 2013.
Houfe, Simon. “Sawyer, Amy 1887-1909[sic].” The Dictionary of British Book Illustrators and Caricaturists 1800-1914. Woodbridge, Suffolk: Antique Collectors’ Club, 1981. 446. Print.
Sawyer, Amy. Sussex Village Plays, and others. Hove: Combridges, 1934. Print.
Illustrations by Amy Sawyer
'Can you read this writing?'. The Heart of the World. 1st US Edition. 1895
'Can you read this writing?'. The Heart of the World. 1st UK Edition. 1896
For a moment he stood before her.. The Heart of the World. 1st US Edition. 1895
I did not so much as suffer my eyelids to tremble.. The Heart of the World. 1st US Edition. 1895
I did not so much as suffer my eyelids to tremble.. The Heart of the World. 1st UK Edition. 1896
'It is I, Zibalbay, your lord, come home.'. The Heart of the World. 1st US Edition. 1895
'It is I, Zibalbay, your lord, come home.'. The Heart of the World. 1st UK Edition. 1896
It was... Zibalbay,... come back from the boundaries of death.. The Heart of the World. 1st UK Edition. 1896
Maya. The Heart of the World. 1st US Edition. 1895
Maya. The Heart of the World. 1st UK Edition. 1896
Next came Maya herself.. The Heart of the World. 1st US Edition. 1895
'Oh! that I were free to avenge you!'. The Heart of the World. 1st UK Edition. 1896