WARWICK GOBLE (BRITISH 1862–1943)'At the door of which stood a lady of exquisite beauty'Signed Warwick Goble (lower right)Pen and ink and watercolour over pencil34 x 24cm (13 1/2 x 9 1/2in)Illustration for 'The Story of the Rakshasas' in the collection 'Folk Tales of Bengal, by Rev. Lal Behari Day' 1912Warwick Goble was an illustrator of children's books. He specialised in Japanese and Indian themes. Having studied at the Westminster School of Art by 1893 he was exhibiting at the Royal Academy and in 1896, he began illustrating books. In 1898 he was the first to illustrate H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds. In 1909 he became resident gift book illustrator for MacMillan and produced illustrations for publications including, The Water Babies, Green Willow, The Complete Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, Folk Tales of Bengal, The Fairy Book and The Book of Fairy Poetry. He was employed in the drawing office of the Woolrich Arsenal during the First World War, and volunteered for service with the Red Cross in France. He worked occasionally for MacMillan in New York and produced editions of Treasure Island and Kidnapped.