Occupation

cover designer

illustrator

Type

Identified

Title

Robert Weir Crouch See all items with this value

Monogram or signature used

RWC See all items with this value

Temporal Coverage

1865-1943

Spatial Coverage

Canada See all items with this value

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

Crouch

firstName

Robert Weir

Is Referenced By

Catalog of fore-edge paintings (including some by Crouch) from bookseller Jeff Weber Rare Books (opens in a PDF) See all items with this value

Find-A-Grave page for Crouch's memorial See all items with this value

"National Geographic: The Covers", By Mark Collins Jenkins, 2014, Page 18. See all items with this value