Robert Weir Crouch

Occupation (dcterms:type): cover designer; illustrator
Type (dcterms:type): Identified
Title (dcterms:title): Robert Weir Crouch
Monogram or signature used (dcterms:alternative): RWC
Temporal Coverage (dcterms:temporal): 1865-1943 See all items with this value
Spatial Coverage (dcterms:spatial): Canada See all items with this value
Description (dcterms:description): Robert Weir Crouch was a Canadian artist who also did fore-edge paintings. He also designed the famous 'oak leaf' border used on the cover of National Geographic Magazine. See all items with this value; Robert Weir Crouch was born at Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England, on 14 March 1865, and immigrated to Canada with his older brother Thomas, arriving at the port of Halifax on 13 May 1884, aboard the Sarmatian. See all items with this value
lastName (foaf:lastName): Crouch
firstName (foaf:firstName): Robert Weir
Is Referenced By (dcterms:isReferencedBy): Catalog of fore-edge paintings (including some by Crouch) from bookseller Jeff Weber Rare Books (opens in a PDF); Find-A-Grave page for Crouch's memorial; "National Geographic: The Covers", By Mark Collins Jenkins, 2014, Page 18.

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The Heart of a Geisha	Text