Honor Charlotte Appleton (1879–1951) was a British illustrator of children's books, including The Children's Alice. She had a delicate watercolour style, influenced by Kate Greenaway and others.
She was born in Brighton, on the south coast of England, on 4 February 1879, and lived in nearby Hove most of her life. She studied art at the Kensington School, Frank Calderon's School of Animal Painting and the Royal Academy of Arts.
Appleton illustrated more than 150 books during her career. They included:-
Josephine and Her Dolls 1915
Josephine's Happy Family
Josephine is Busy
Josephine Keeps School 1926
Josephine Keeps House 1931
Josephine, John and the Puppy
Josephine's Birthday
Josephine Goes Travelling
Josephine's Pantomime
The Josephine Dolly Book
The Big Book of Josephine (Anthology) 1919
The Fairytales of Charles Perrault
The Fairytales of Hans Christian Andersen
William Blake's Songs of Innocence
A retold version of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, The Children's Alice
Her watercolours were exhibited at the Royal Academy, and there was a memorial exhibition of her work at Hove Library in 1952.
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Appleton, Honor C. (1879-1951) - There, sitting in a row 1917
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Appleton, Honor C. (1879-1951) - Rose Lily doesn't like blue 1930s
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Appleton, Honor C. (1879-1951) - Once had a lovely Christmas 1917
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Appleton, Honor C. (1879-1951) - Mrs Brown with Balloons to Sell 1921
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Appleton, Honor C. (1879-1951) - Me and my pussy
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Appleton, Honor C. (1879-1951) - It was a good circus 1918
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Appleton, Honor C. (1879-1951) - How could he ever choose 1917
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Appleton, Honor C. (1879-1951) - Get out of the way 1922
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Appleton, Honor C. (1879-1951) - Dolly 1921
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Appleton, Honor C. (1879-1951) - Day before Christmas holidays 1922
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Appleton, Honor C. (1879-1951) - After Tadpoles 1930s
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