Adventure Books illustrated by William Rainey

WILLIAM RAINEY RI (1852 - 1936) was a British artist and illustrator. He studied at South Kensington School of Art & the Royal Academy Schools. He won medals at the Chicago (18 93) and Paris (1900) exhibitions  and was elected to the RI in 1901 and ROI in 1932.

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HIS FINGERS HIT UPON THE MUZZLE OF THE WEAPON

JOE ATTACKS THE FIRE AT CLOSE QUARTERS

PETER AND JACK BAILEY FIND JOE UNCONSCIOUS

JOE SURPRISES HURLEY

THE MOOSE CHARGED MADLY

A DEFENCE AGAINST ODDS

William Rainey R.I.: Illustrations for adventure books

William Rainey R.I. (1852-1936) was a British artist and illustrator who studied at the Royal College of Art and at the Royal Academy. He is known for his landscape and figure paintings and exhibited many paintings at the Royal Academy, the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours, and the Glasgow Institute of Fine Art. He lived in London before moving to Chichester, then Emsworth and finally Eastbourne on the South Coast. His illustrations appeared in the major publications of the time such as the London Illustrated News. He also illustrated many books including  Charles Dickens  David Copperfield. His watercolours and original illustrations can be seen in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London (two watercolours) and at the National Maritime Museum, London (Just Landed and Aliens arriving at Irongate Stairs).

SAMBA

A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo

by Herbert Strang

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 BOYS OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE
A Story of the Spain and the Peninsular War
Herbert Strang


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 Blackie & Son Limited
London Glasgow and Bombay
1905

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THE ADVENTURES OF DICK TREVANION
A Story of  Eighteen Hundred and Four
 Herbert Strang

Hodder & Stoughton, London 1911

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