John Ruskin - portrait of a prophet : Peter Quennell : Collins, London, 1949 : dust jacket illustrated by Barnett Freedman
Barnett Freedman CBE RDI (19 May 1901 – 4 January 1958) was a British painter, commercial designer, book illustrator, typographer, and lithographer. He undertook a wide range of commissions and work that included a number of book jackets, or dust wrappers, especially for the London publishers of Faber & Faber as well as for other publishing houses. The designs included the main covers, the spine and lettering.
This cover was for Collins and is for Peter Quennell's biography of John Ruskin (1819 - 1900), the Victorian writer and philosopher whose works are now often credited with having anticipated interest in a wide range of subjects such as the environment, arts and crafts. Sir Peter Courtney Quennell CBE (1905 - 1993) was a prolific writer and biographer.
John Ruskin - portrait of a prophet : Peter Quennell : Collins, London, 1949 : dust jacket illustrated by Barnett Freedman
Barnett Freedman CBE RDI (19 May 1901 – 4 January 1958) was a British painter, commercial designer, book illustrator, typographer, and lithographer. He undertook a wide range of commissions and work that included a number of book jackets, or dust wrappers, especially for the London publishers of Faber & Faber as well as for other publishing houses. The designs included the main covers, the spine and lettering.
This cover was for Collins and is for Peter Quennell's biography of John Ruskin (1819 - 1900), the Victorian writer and philosopher whose works are now often credited with having anticipated interest in a wide range of subjects such as the environment, arts and crafts. Sir Peter Courtney Quennell CBE (1905 - 1993) was a prolific writer and biographer.