Hassall, Joan

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Name (Latin)
Hassall, Joan
Other forms of name
Hassall, Joan, 1906-1988
Date of birth
1906-03-03
Date of death
1988-03-06
Place of birth
Notting Hill (London, England)
Place of death
Keighley (England)
Occupation
Artists
Wood-engravers
Gender
female
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 32139090
Wikidata: Q6205100
Library of congress: n 80160342
OCoLC: oca00540191
Sources of Information
  • Wood engraving, 1949.
  • The Brontë story, 1953:t.p. (Joan Hassall; illus.)
  • Dearest Sydney: Joan Hassall's letters to Sydney Cockerell from Italy & France, April-May 1950, 1991:t.p. (Joan Hassall)
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Wikipedia description:

Joan Hassall (3 March 1906 – 6 March 1988) was an English wood engraver and book illustrator. Her subject matter ranged from natural history through poetry to illustrations for English literary classics. In 1972 she was elected the first woman Master of the Art Workers' Guild and in 1987 was awarded the OBE (Order of the British Empire).

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