Windsor Castle / Described By selling Edward Thomas, Pictured By E.W. Haslehust By Thomas, Edward (1878-1917)

"Haslehust... studied at the Slade School of Fine Art in London under Alphonse Legros. He was a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours (RI), Royal Society of British Artists (RBA), Royal West of England Academy (RWA) and Royal British Colonial Society of Artists (RBC), and exhibited regularly at many venues including the Royal Academy in London. He also designed posters for the LNER and LMS railway companies, and his art was featured in many magazines of the day including the Illustrated London News and The Tatler.[1]

He was a prolific painter of British landscapes in watercolour. One book he worked selling on was I Wish I Could Paint (The Studio, London, 1945. 96 p., 4º) with the text by Percy Bradshaw." - Wikipedia

"Edward Thomas was a poet, critic, and biographer who is best known for his careful depictions of rural England and his prescient understanding of modernity's tendency toward disconnection, alienation, and unsettledness." - PoetryFoundation.org

London: Blackie and Son, 1910.
Scattered foxing throughout. Remains quite well-preserved overall. No dust jacket. Physical description: 56 pages 12 color plates including frontispiece. Summary: Windsor Castle was originally built in the 11th century by William the Conqueror and has enjoyed an unbroken history as a royal residence ever since, making it the longest-occupied palace in Europe. This volume is beautifully illustrated by the English landscape artist and book illustrator E.W. Haslehust

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