Harry Theaker (1873-1954) was an illustrator, designer, painter and teacher, born in Wolstanton, Staffordshire, the son of George Theaker, headmaster of Burslem School of Art.
Apprenticed to the Doulton pottery as a painter, Harry attended the Burslem School. He then went on to the Royal College of Art, where he won a gold medal for design and a travelling scholarship, which took him to Italy and further studies.
For 36 years he was design master and then headmaster, 1931–8, of Regent Street Polytechnic. As a member he showed extensively at RBA, also at RA, RI and Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool. He was a painter of stained glass windows and a prolific illustrator of books for children, notably volumes in colour, titles including R.H. Barham’s The Ingoldsby Legends, 1911, Charles Kingsley’s The Water Babies 1922, and Grimm’s Fairy Tales, 1930.
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Water-Babies, The 1938 - Harry Theaker (1873-1954) - 48 images
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Alice Through the Looking Glass 1911 - Harry Theaker (1873-1954) - 8 images
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland 1911 - Tenniel (1820-1914) & Theaker (1873-1954) - 8 images
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Bible Stories for Children 1926 - Harry Theaker (1873-1954) - 16 images
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Theaker, Harry G. (1873-1954) - On the Swings
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