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Illustration

Charles Tunnicliffe RA, Wild rose, briar rose and elderflower on a stone wall (from 'What to Look for in Summer', detail)

RA Exhibitions

4 years ago

Podcast: An introduction to ‘Second Nature: The Art of Charles Tunnicliffe RA’

Catch up on a talk by Professor Robert Meyrick, Head of the School of Art at Aberystwyth University, for an introduction to the life and wildlife illustrations of Charles Tunnicliffe.

RA Exhibitions

4 years ago

The artists behind your favourite childhood books

How much do you know about the illustrators who brought your favourite childhood characters to life?
Illustration by Martina Paukova

Opinion

> 4 years ago

Debate: is colour purely subjective?

Can we consider colours as purely subjective forces? Kassia St Clair and Emyr Williams go head to head. Vote on the winner below.
Gabriella Boyd's illustrations (composite) for Interpreting Dreams

RA Recommends

> 5 years ago

Gabriella Boyd: illustrating dreams, as interpreted by Freud

How do you illustrate a dream – or harder still, Freud’s interpretation of it? RA Schools student Gabriella Boyd has done just that in a new edition of Interpreting Dreams by the Folio Society.
Charles Stewart, Illustration for Uncle Silas, 'At the far end of a handsome wainscoted room, sat a singular looking old man'

RA Exhibitions

> 6 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, Self-portrait

RA Exhibitions

< 7 years ago

The extraordinary life of Charles Stewart

Charles Stewart’s illustrations to the Gothic novel Uncle Silas hint at an unusual life. Here are five surprising facts.
Charles Stewart , ‘Uncle Silas’: Frontispiece

RA Exhibitions

< 7 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.