Thomas McIlvaine (October 4, 1854 – December 7, 1933) was an American illustrator.

Life

McIlvaine was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1854.[1] He married Sybilla Mayer in 1880,[2][3] and the couple had three sons: Perry, Thomas Jr., and Roy.[4] He died in Brooklyn, New York on December 7, 1933.[1]

Work

Illustration from Lalla Rookh by Thomas McIlvaine

McIlvaine was primarily noted as an illustrator. He contributed 100 illustrations to an 1890 edition of Thomas Moore's poem Lalla Rookh.[5] In 1893 he provided twelve full-page watercolors, twelve full-page halftones, and other smaller illustrations for Frederick A. Stokes Company's edition of Lucile by Robert Bulwer-Lytton (writing as "Owen Meredith").[6]

Other Works:

  • The Arabian Nights' Entertainments (2 v.); George Fyler Townsend (ed.); 1891[7]
  • 100 illustrations from Selections from the Poetical Works of Robert Browning; 1892[8]
  • The Princess Margarethe; John D. Barry; 1893[9]
  • 20 illustrations from The Wonderful “One-Hoss-Shay” And Other Poems; Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.; 1897[10]
  • Mother-Song and Child-Song; Charlotte Brewster Jordan (ed.); 1898[11]
  • A Treasury of American Verse; Walter Learned (ed.); 1901 (with H.C.Edwards)[12]
  • The Sociable Ghost; "Olive Harper" (Ellen D'Apery); 1903 (with A.W. Schwartz)[13]
  • The Dear Old Home; Sara Ellmaker Ambler; 1906[14]

References

  1. 1 2 "Thomas McIlvaine - Death Certificate". ancestry.com. Retrieved Nov 11, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Pennsylvania Marriages, 1709-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V265-PRY : 6 February 2020), Thomas McIlvaine, 1880.
  3. ↑ "Our New York Letter". The Norfolk Virginian. Norfolk, VA. August 28, 1890. p. 7. Retrieved November 12, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ↑ "1900 United States Federal Census". ancestry.com. Retrieved Nov 11, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Lalla Rookh : an oriental romance". worldcat.org. Retrieved Nov 11, 2021.
  6. ↑ Huttner, Sidney. "Lucile: Illustrations". The Lucile Project. Retrieved Nov 11, 2021.
  7. ↑ "The Arabian nights' entertainments, revised with notes by the Revd. George Fyler Townsend, M. A." Hathi Trust. 25 February 2019. Retrieved Nov 12, 2021.
  8. ↑ SELECTIONS FROM THE POETICAL WORKS OF ROBERT BROWNING. January 1892. Retrieved Nov 12, 2021. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  9. ↑ Barry, John D.; McIlvaine, Thomas (ill.) (1893). The Princess Margarethe. Geo.M.Allen Company. Retrieved Nov 12, 2021.
  10. ↑ Holmes Sr., Oliver Wendell (1897). The Wonderful "One-Hoss-Shay" And Other Poems. Frederick A. Stokes Company. p. 50. Retrieved Nov 12, 2021.
  11. ↑ Jordan, Charlotte Brewster. "Mother-song and child-song". The Online Books Page. University of Pennsylvania. Retrieved Nov 12, 2021.
  12. ↑ Learned, Walter (1901). "A Treasury of American Verse". google.com. Retrieved Nov 14, 2021.
  13. ↑ d'Apery, Ellen (1903). "The Sociable Ghost: Being the Adventures of a Reporter ..." Google.com. Retrieved Nov 12, 2021.
  14. ↑ Ambler, Sara Ellmaker (1907). "The Dear Old Home". Google.com. Retrieved Nov 12, 2021.
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