Frederick George Kitton

Frederick George Kitton (5 May 1856 – 10 September 1904) was a British wood-engraver, author, and illustrator. He is best known for illustrating and editing the works of Charles Dickens.[1][2]

Life

Born at Norwich, Frederick George Kitton went at age seventeen to London as an apprentice and was trained as a draughtsman and wood-engraver by W. L. Thomas, the managing director of The Graphic and one of the leading practitioners of the technique at the time.[3] Kitton contributed to several art periodicals, such as The Art Journal and Magazine of Art, and in 1882 began literary work. He illustrated, edited or wrote several books, most of which were related to the work of Charles Dickens. He annotated the 1900 'Rochester' edition of Dickens's work.[4][5]

As one of the founders of the Dickens Fellowship, Kitton compiled the catalogue of their 1903 exhibition. His Dickensian library was purchased by the Fellowship and donated to the Guildhall Library. While living at St. Albans (1888–1904), Kitton helped the Hertfordshire County Museum acquire and catalog the Sir John Evans collection.[6]

Selected works

References
  1. Charles Welch (1912). "Kitton, Frederick George" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  2. Hertfordshire Genealogy: Frederick George Kitton, St Albans
  3. "Kitton, Frederick George". Who's Who. 1903. p. 774.
  4. Bateson, Frederick Wilse, ed. (1940). The Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature. Vol. 3. p. 438.
  5. Chesterton, G. K.; Kitton, F. G. (1903). Charles Dickens.
  6. Frederick G. Kitton Papers, 1886–1903 (Bowdoin – George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives)
  7. "Review of John Leech by Frederick George Kitton". The Academy. 23 (579): 407. 9 June 1883.
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