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Margaret W. Tarrant

Born

in Battersea, London, The United Kingdom

August 19, 1888

Died

July 29, 1959

Genre

Children's

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Margaret Tarrant was the only child of Percy and Sarah Tarrant and she excelled at art from an early age.

She was so talented that at the age of 19 she received her first commission from JM Dent & Sons who used her illustrations for a new edition of Charles Kingsley's 'The Water Babies'.

This work earned her a string of other commissions such as 'Nursery Rhymes (1914 and 1923), 'Alice in Wonderland' (1916) and 'Hans Andersen's Fairy tales' (1917) for Ward, Lock and Co. She also designed postcards for Oxford University Press.

In addition she illustrated more than 20 books for George G. Harrap & Co between 1915 and 1929 and she began an even more important publishing relationship in 1920, the year in which she produced her first illustrations fo ...more

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	Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, Margaret W. Tarrant (Illustrator) 4.06 avg rating — 600,399 ratings — published 1871 — 792 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
	Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, Margaret W. Tarrant (Illustrator) 3.99 avg rating — 426,159 ratings — published 1865 — 14825 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
	Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen, Margaret W. Tarrant (Illustrator) 4.07 avg rating — 13,233 ratings — published 1835 — 2453 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 Pied Piper of Hamlin by Robert Browning, Margaret W. Tarrant (Illustrator) 3.91 avg rating — 3,052 ratings — published 1842 — 451 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 Child's Book of Verse: 16 Plates in Colour liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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 Tales the Letters Tell: Book 2 liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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 Songs the Letters Sing I A, II A, III (3 books) 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
	Alice's Adventures in Wonderland 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 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 Child's Book Of Verse by Margaret W. Tarrant, Margaret Tarrant (Illustrator) 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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