He was a successful illustrator, particularly of children's books. His first known published works date from about 1911, and most of his illustrations date from the 1920s and 1930s. Amongst the books he illustrated are The Ingoldsby Legends by Sir Thomas Ingoldsby, London, 1911; Children's Stories from The Arabian Nights, by Rose Yeatman Woolf, 1914 (and later editions); The Adventures of Don Quixote, c.1920 and 1929; Gulliver's Travels, 1928; The Water Babies, 1930; Grimm's Fairy Tales, 1930; Stories of King Arthur, 1925 and Long, long ago: stories from the classics both retold by Blanche Winder, the latter probably in the 1930s . Theaker also made hand-coloured plates from Sir John Tenniel's original illustrations to Alice in Wonderland and Alice Through the Looking Glass for editions published between 1911 and 1930. (This record includes information submitted by Cathy Corbett.)
Into the ocean Jupiter plunged, and away he swam
Her name was Diana
The wonderful baby struck the silver strings
The wood-nymphs who danced in the sunlight and the moonlight
For a moment Narcissus gazed delighted
As Proserpine danced a great King watched her
Proserpine sitting on a great black throne
A little, sweet, soft breeze lifted Psyche on its fragrant wings
The fairy Prince was no other than Cupid himself
Away sailed Danae and her little son
Perseus struck off the Gorgon's head with a single blow
Cerberus, a terrible dog with three heads
Pan
A beautiful youth in a wonderful car drawn by wild beasts
Hero ran down to the beach
There lay the sword and sandals
Up sprang Icarus
They suddenly caught sight of poor, lost, weeping Aradne
The monster came swimming through the sea
This extraordinary baby caught the snakes and strangled them
Hercules rushed towards the monster
It was Juno herself he had carried across the stream
Orpheus tried to catch it in his arms
Pandora could restrain herself no longer
There in the silence of the woods Medea would stand
Jason sowed the dragon's teeth
Midas was not able to keep the secret from his barber
Prometheus chained to a rock
Atalanta saw it fall
They were inhabited by beautiful maidens
Out of the ground leapt a beautiful horse
It was a huge wooden horse
He gave the apple to Venus
She held him by one heel
Penelope did her best to bring up her little son
Sea-fairies heap silver dishes with fragrant fruits
The Cyclops glared at them out of his huge eye
Circe had turned them all into pigs
Up through the water came the Sea-King
Ulysses watched the nobles
The silver-winged horse swept downward
Down, down Phaeton fell
Life came into her beautiful face
She saw a queer old woman
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