1. Walter Crane http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter _Crane

2. Life Walter Crane (1845 - 1915) was an English artist and book illustrator. He is considered, along with Randolph Caldecott and Kate Greenaway,

3. one of the strongest contributors to the child's nursery motif that the genre of English children's illustrated literature would exhibit in its developmental stages in the latter 19th century.

4. Life His work featured some of the more colorful and detailed beginnings of the child-in-the-garden motifs that would characterize many nursery rhymes and children's stories for decades to come.

5. Life He was part of the Arts and Crafts movement and produced an array of paintings, illustrations, children's books, ceramic tiles and other decorative arts.

6. Life he often experienced doubt and feared that he was doomed to eternal damnation. His religious sentiment and association with John Newton (who wrote the hymn "Amazing Grace") led to much of the poetry for which he is best remembered.

7. External links http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/illustrati ons/illustrators/crane.html http://www.wcml.org.uk/people/wcrane/cra ne.htm http://www.gutenberg.org/author/Crane+W alter