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Robin Jacques

Born

in London, The United Kingdom

March 27, 1920

Died

March 18, 1995

Genre

Art, Children's

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Robin Jacques was a British artist and book illustrator. Born in London in 1920, he had no formal art training, but taught himself to draw and began working for an advertising agency in his teens. He was the art editor for Strand magazine and art director for the Central Office of Information. He began teaching at Harrow College of Art in 1973 and at Canterbury Art College and Wimbledon Art College in 1975. As a book illustrator, Jacques was prolific: he illustrated over 100 novels and children's books from the 1940s to the 1980s, most notably the fairy-tale compilations of Ruth Manning-Sanders. Jacques was married three times, and had one son. His sister was the well-known actress, Hattie Jacques. He died in 1995. ...more

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	Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne, Mercier Lewis (Translator), Robin Jacques (Illustrator) 3.95 avg rating — 281,578 ratings — published 1872	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Middlemarch by George Eliot, Kingsley Hart (Introduction), Robin Jacques (Drawings) 4.04 avg rating — 178,760 ratings — published 1872 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dubliners by James Joyce, Robert Scholes (Contributor), Robin Jacques (Robin Jaques) 3.83 avg rating — 175,466 ratings — published 1914 — 5337 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce, Richard Ellmann (Editor), Robin Jacques (Ilustrator) 3.64 avg rating — 163,761 ratings — published 1916 — 2197 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Penguin Book of Limericks by Robin Jacques (Illustrator), E. O. Parrott (Editor) 3.66 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 1985 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Robinson Crusoe by Robin Jacques (Adapter), Daniel Defoe (Creator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 1973	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Design, science, method: Proceedings of the 1980 Design Research Society conference : [conference organized by the Design Research Society in collaboration with Portsmouth Polytechnic] 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1981	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Illustrators at Work 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Poems of W. B. Yeats by Robin Jacques (Illustrator), William York Tindall (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	1954 BBC Broadcasts to Schools:Singing Together - Rhythm & Melody - Spring Term 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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