Arthur C Michael: Illustrations to THE WAR IN THE AIR by H.G. Wells

Arthur C. Michael was a British painter, etcher and illustrator, usually said to have been active between 1903 and 1928.

The War in the Air belongs to the STEAMPUNK ADVENTURES series. The STEAMPUNK ADVENTURES comprise an illustrated selection of classic Victorian speculative fiction, with each title being chosen for its quality, modern appeal and resonance with the steampunk movement of retro-futurism.

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  The book was done in 1907: it appeared in various magazines as a serial in 1908 and it was published in the fall of that year. At that time the aeroplane was, for most people, merely a rumour !

This picture is not found in the book but was published in the magazines.

A.C. Michael: Illustrations for A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

Information on Arthur C. Michael is found in: Arthur C Michael: Illustrations for books by H.Rider Haggard

"Here's the turkey ...How are you? Merry Christmas!"

Scrooge sat down before the fire to take his gruel.

The clark...tried to warm himself at the candle...

 The clark...went down a slide on Cornhill

 In came a fiddler with a music-book

 I know him! Marley's Ghost!

 Mrs. Cratchit entered....with the pudding

 Old Fezziwig stood out to dance with Mrs. Fezziwig.

 "Why, what was the matter with him?" asked a

third, taking a vast quantity of snuff out of a very

large snuff-box.  "I thought he'd never die."

 Tiny Tim...His active little crutch was heard upon the floor.

 All the Cratchit family drew round the hearth

 "And therefore I am about to raise your salary!"

 The way Topper went after that plump sister...

was an outrage on the credulity of human nature

Arthur C Michael: Illustrations for books by H.Rider Haggard

Arthur C. Michael was a British painter, etcher and illustrator, usually said to have been active between 1903 and 1928.
I am surprised that neither the date of his birth nor the date of his death can be found in the Web. What one can only find are the books which he illustrated. Some examples: The Ghost Kings by H. Rider Haggard (1908), The War in the Air by H. G. Wells (1908), Empire of the World by C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne (1910), The Lame Englishman and The Rust of Rome by Warwick Deeping (both 1910),  A Christmas Carol by Dickens (1911), Round the World in Seven Days by Herbert Strang (1911), A Window in Thrums by J. M. Barrie (1911), King Solomon’s Mines by H. Rider Haggard (1912) and The Ivory Child by H. Rider Haggard (1916), amongst others.

H.Rider Haggard: Child of Storm

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H.Rider Haggard: The Ghost Kings

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H. Rider Haggard: Marie

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H. Rider Haggard: The Yellow God

H.Rider Haggard: The Ivory Child

H.Rider Haggard: Red Eve

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