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John Philipps Emslie

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John Philipps Emslie (1839–1913) was a British topographical artist and folklorist.

Front cover for New Canterbury Tales by John Philipps Emslie.
Front cover for New Canterbury Tales by John Philipps Emslie.

From 1854, Emslie studied at The Working Men’s College, and was a student of Dante Gabriel Rossetti.[1]

He became a topographical artist,[2] and illustrated The Illustrated topical record of London vol. 9. in 1900.

He wrote and illustrated the New Canterbury Tales (Griffith, Farran, Okeden & Welsh) ca.1887.[3]

Emslie was an original member of The Folklore Society and was a council member for that Society.[4] He gathered local folklore from around England, making notes and topographical drawings.[5]

References

  1. ^ J. F. C. Harrison ,A History of the Working Men's College (1854-1954), Routledge Kegan Paul, 1954
  2. ^ Guildhall Studies in London History 2 (1976) 69-76.
  3. ^ J. P. Elmslie. New Canterbury Tales (1887).
  4. ^ Folklore, Gillian Bennett, 1469-8315, Volume 112, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 95 – 106
  5. ^ Scraps of Folklore Collected by John Philipps Emslie, C. S. Burne, Folklore, Vol. 26, No. 2. (Jun. 30, 1915), pp. 153-170.