William Ladd Taylor

For other people named William Taylor, see William Taylor (disambiguation).

William Ladd Taylor
Born	(1854-12-10)December 10, 1854 Grafton, Massachusetts
Died	1926 (aged 71–72)
Occupation	Illustrator
Spouse	Mary Alice Fitz ​ (m. 1888)​

William Ladd Taylor (1854-1926) was an American illustrator.

Biography

William Ladd Taylor was born at Grafton, Massachusetts on December 10, 1854. He studied art in Boston and New York, and in Paris under Boulanger and Lefebvre in 1884–85. His drawings, many of which first appeared in magazines, are essentially narrative in type and show keen understanding of human nature, with careful, historical accuracy. He published several volumes of his work which contained illustrations of the nineteenth century in New England, the pioneer West, Longfellow, the Psalms, old songs, American life, American literature, and the Old Testament.

He married Mary Alice Fitz in 1888.

His work was featured in the magazine the Ladies Home Journal, from 1895; the office also exhibited his oils and water-colours and sold reproductions of these.

Gallery

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  Illustration from the poems of George Eliot
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  An illustration from a collection of poetry
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  Illustration, 1884
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  The Taper by W. L. Taylor

References

• This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

External links

• Works by William Ladd Taylor at Project Gutenberg
• Works by or about William Ladd Taylor at the Internet Archive