Flora White

 

Flora White's (1878-1953)Peter Pan prints from a 1913 edition of 'Peter Pan’s A.B.C'. Published by Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press of London.

Charles A Buchel

Playing cards illustrated by Charles A Buchel (1872-1950) published in 1911 by The International Card Copmpany.

 

This poster was designed by Charles Buchel to advertise the original production of J.M. Barrie's children's play Peter Pan which opened at London's Duke of York's Theatre on 27th December 1904.

Above: Part of another deck by Charles Buchel, this time the imagery is used in poster design to (see Below).

Above: Peter Pan poster 1910 

Above: 'Peter Pan, -Or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up', Duke of York Theatre Poster

Gwynedd May Hudson

Gwynedd May Hudson (1882-1935) Peter Pan and Wendy published 1931. Gwynedd Hudson studied art at the Brighton School of Art. She was a figure painter, illustrator, and poster artist. Among other works, she also illustrated Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Gwynedd's illustrations for Peter Pan and Wendy are art deco in style with incredible colour. ( I have a modern incarnation of this book and unfortunately the colours have been changed.)

Hilda Miller

 

Hilda Theodora Miller (1876-1939) Peter Pan illustrations from 1931. Hilda always wanted to be an artist, an ambition not supported by her family, despite this she attended Birmingham, Slade and St Albans Art Schools, she was a shy woman possibly because of her deafness acquired through illness as a child. 

Francis Donkin Bedford

Francis Donkin Bedford (1864 – 1954) was a British artist and illustrator. He strongly influenced the visual identity of Peter Pan and the other characters of J. M. Barrie's story, illustrating them with richly intricate line drawings in the first edition of Peter and Wendy of 1911.

Francis Bedford was born in Kensington, England, the sixth of ten children born to Edwin Bedford and Caroline Bedford . Bedford's father was a solicitor, the son of church architect Francis Octavius Bedford. His mother was the granddaughter of Bryan Donkin, whose firm developed the tin can.

Mabel Lucie Attwell

'The Nursery Peter Pan' by J M Barrie, Edited by Olive Jones Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell (1879–1964) in 1961. 

I really love M L Attwell's ink drawings for this book.