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Amy Sawyer

... that artist Amy Sawyer (pictured) was the only woman to illustrate a work by H. Rider Haggard during his lifetime?

Source: Holterhoff, Kate (2023). "Romance fiction, folk tales, and poetry: Amy Sawyer and the Arts and Crafts movement". Nineteenth-century women illustrators and cartoonists. Manchester University Press. https://www.jstor.org/stable/jj.3078856 p 201: "This commission is remarkable in the graphic history of Rider Haggard. Well over one thousand unique illustrations were commissioned to accompany the approximately sixty romance fictions Haggard published during his lifetime, but of these only eighteen can be attributed to a woman artist – all by Sawyer for Heart of the World."

Created by Gamaliel (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 58 past nominations.

Gamaliel (talk) 19:49, 11 July 2024 (UTC).

This hook is good! I think it would be better if we pointed out how much Haggard (never heard of him!) has been illustrated. Suggest:
- ALT1: ... that of over 1,000 illustrations of H. Rider Haggard works in his lifetime, Amy Sawyer (pictured) was the only woman to contribute?

Hope that works for you, Gamaliel :) theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 06:08, 13 July 2024 (UTC)