Artist

Richard Heighway

British, 1850–1917

Richard Heighway was a British Rococo painting artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum. Richard Heighway was born in Marylebone.

Richard Heighway (March 1832–10 October 1917) was a British illustrator, noted and exhibited for his black and white designs of Aesop's Fables. His work was influenced by the English illustrator Walter Crane. Heighway's published work include: The Story of the Three Bears, McLoughlin Bros.

1880; The Fables of Æsop, Joseph Jacobs (ed.), MacMillan & Co. 1894; and Bluebeard and Puss in Boots, Banbury Cross Series, Dent 1895.

Works by Richard Heighway

Collections represented

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