Preface: Charles Edmund Brock was a British illustrator born in Hampden Road, Holloway, London, on 5 February 1870. Let’s talk a little about his family, shall we? Edmund Brock, a Cambridge College Press reader specializing in medieval and oriental languages, married Mary Ann Louise Pegram on 23 February 1867 at Regent’s Park Chapel. They settled in Leighton Road in Kenish Town. A few months later, Mary Ann Louise Pegram gave birth to the family’s eldest … Continue reading Charles E. Brock; Illustrations, Pride and Prejudice (1895)

Preface: Hugh Thomson, British illustrator, was born on June 1, 1860 in Coleraine, a town in Causeway Coast and Glends, a district of Northern Ireland. John Thomson, a tea merchant, and Catherine Andrews, were his parents. Hugh was the eldest son of the couple. Two other children were born after him; another boy and a girl. As a child, he attended Coleraine Model School. Nevertheless, at fourteen years old he stopped attending school and got … Continue reading Hugh Thomson; Illustrations, Pride and Prejudice (1894)