Walter Fawcett was a commercial artist who designed advertisements, book covers, and also provided illustrations for a few books. In a 1928 magazine announcement, he was listed as a member of the design firm, Fuller & Smith, whose logo he also designed.
Per announcements in the magazine, "Printers' Ink", Fawcett also worked for the firm of Erin, Wasey & Company, as well as for the Campbell-Ewald Company.
Bartle was a designer of book covers and also provided decorations for the interior of some books. His first name is only known by the first initial, "W".
He resided at one point in the Morris K. Jessup house, located on 111 East 19th Street in New York City.
He applied for a passport in 1897, where he listed his occupation as "Stenographer & Designer". His passport application shows that he was born in Oxford, New York on July 23, 1867.
He died in 1916, and was buried in a cemetery in New York.
Victor was the nephew of architect Edward Francis Searles, and most of the available information about Victor pertains to legal issues regarding his uncle's estate.
A yet to be identified designer who worked for Harper's in the 1890s, as described by Gullans and Espey. There is no monogram associated with this designer that we know.