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Articles

Amanda Jane Doran

William Heath Robinson, Titania, illustration to Shakespeare’s Comedy of a Midsummer night’s dream, London

Our Collection

4 years ago

Artist of the month: April 2016

William Heath Robinson was an illustrator of enormous range and charm. As the RA Library Print Room presents his evocative book illustrations, curator Amanda-Jane Doran takes a look at his life and work.
Charles Stewart, Illustration for Uncle Silas, 'At the far end of a handsome wainscoted room, sat a singular looking old man'

RA Exhibitions

5 years ago

Podcast: Charles Stewart lunchtime lecture

Curator Amanda Doran, in conversation with Sue Bradbury, former editorial director of the Folio Society, discusses the illustrator Charles Stewart.
Charles Stewart , ‘Uncle Silas’: Frontispiece

RA Exhibitions

> 5 years ago

The story of Uncle Silas

A young girl is trapped in a mansion with her mysterious uncle and a sinister governess. With Charles Stewart’s illustrations to this Gothic novel in our Tennant Gallery, the curator walks us through the story.