b. 15 April 1858. d. 27 May 1932. Nationality: English.
Painter, watercolourist, and illustrator (especially for children). Pseudonym: “A.
Nobody.” Son of Hablot Knight Browne (“Phiz”). Born in Surrey. Studied at Heatherley’s
School of Art and South Kensington School. Illustrator of many novels and periodicals.
Contributed to *Atlanta*, *Good Words*, the *Illustrated London News*, *The Penny
Magazine*, *Chums*, and *Boy’s Own Paper*. Elected to the Royal Society of British
Artists in 1891 and the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours in 1896. Biographical
information: Brigid Peppin and Lucy Micklethwait, *Dictionary of British Book Illustrators:
The Twentieth Century*, Murray, 1983, pp. 59-60; Richard Dalby, *The Golden Age of
Children’s Book Illustration*, Gallery Books, 2001, pp. 33-34. (CC)