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Will G. Mein

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371: 193:, London. In the 1911 Census he was living at 18 Rostrevor Mans Rd. Fulham and his occupation is listed as artist and Art Chronicle editor. He is known in particular for illustrating works of fairy tale and fantasy and also specialised in boys' stories. He provided 523: 513: 395:
The Dictionary of Scottish Painters. 1600 to the present. Paul Harris and Julian Halsby. Canongate Publishing. 1990.
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Where Pharaoh Dreams: Being the Impressions of a Woman-of-Moods in Egypt", John Richmond, London, 1914.
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Dictionary of Scottish Art and Architecture. Peter J. M. McEwan. Antique Collectors Club. 1994.
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in 1898 but he is known primarily for his illustrations. His drawings were published in
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The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture
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Publishers' Circular and Booksellers' Record of British and Foreign Literature
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The Indelicate Duellist: Adapted from the French (of Charles Leroy)
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who flourished in the late 19th to early 20th century. He lived in
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The Publishers: Plans of Some of Them - Forthcoming New Books
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Mein married Frances Elizabeth Sinclair in December 1902, in
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The Adventures of Ulysses the Wanderer: An Old Story Retold
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From the Book Beautiful: Being Some Old Lights Relit,
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Index

Kelso
Scotland
London
British
Illustrator
illustrator
London
Kelso
Roxburgh
Scotland
Berwick
Royal Scottish Academy
The Dome
Laurence Housman
Frank Mura
Andrew Melrose
W. E. Cule's
Leonard Smithers
Nigel Tourneur's
Berwick
Fulham
woodcut
The Roadmender
Michael Fairless
Margaret Barber
D.L A. Jephson
Guy Thorne
Nigel Tourneur
Leonard Smithers
Percy Izzard

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