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Sydney George Hulme Beaman

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Sydney George Hulme Beaman, born in 1887 and who died 4 February 1932, was a British author & illustrator best known as the creator of the Toytown stories and their characters including Larry the Lamb. He also illustrated the 1930s John Lane, edition of a Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde[1]

Life and work

Toytown was first broadcast by the BBC on 19 July 1929 in the Children's Hour BBC radio programme.[2]

References

  1. ^ "British Library - Illustrations to Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde".
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