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Alfred Henry Forrester
(1804 - 1872)
Alfred Henry Forrester (10 September 1804 – 26 May 1872) was an English author, illustrator and artist, who was also known under the pseudonym of Alfred Crowquill.[1
Alfred Forrester was the son of Robert Forrester of 5 North Gate, Royal Exchange, London, a public notary. He discovered an aptitude for literary and artistic pursuits from an early age, and was soon associated with writing for periodical publications, including Colburn’s New Monthly, Bentley, and Punch magazine. He often wrote short tales, songs, children’s stories, and occasional burlesques. He could also draw and worked on wood, etchings and caricatures using pen and ink, specialising in anthropomorphic animals, occasionally illustrating stories for his brother Charles Robert Forrester (1803–1850) who wrote under the pseudonym of Hal Willis.
He also made several popular ceramics of contemporary subjects, including a “Memorial of the Great Exhibition of 1851” and a statuette of Wellington Bear. He illustrated plays for children in Dean & Son’s series, Little Plays for Little People. In 1854 Julia Corner wrote a play for children based around the Beauty and the Beast fairy story which was illustrated by Forrester working under the name of Alfred Crowquill.[2]
Bibliography
The Book of Ballads (1849)
This collection of humorous verse went through many editions. This is the first with illustrations by Richard Doyle. Read for free online at HathiTrust.
Author(s):
William Edmondstoune Aytoun
Bon Gaultier
Theodore Martin
Illustrator(s):
Richard Doyle
Alfred Henry Forrester
Mother Goose’s Nursery Rhymes (1876)
Uses some at least of the material from Mother Goose’s Nursery Rhymes and Fairy Tales. Read online at Toronto Public Library. Note: that link opens very slowly.
Author(s):
Unknown
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Alfred Crowquill
John Tenniel
Et al
Mother Goose’s Nursery Rhymes and Fairy Tales (1876)
Two separately-paginated books bound as one with over five hundred illustrations. Read for free online at the University of Florida.
Author(s):
Unknown
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Alfred Crowquill
John Tenniel
Et al
The Strange Surprising Adventures of the Venerable Gooroo Simple (1861)
Stories of a foolis guru and his five foolish disciples written, or perhaps set down, by a Jesuit missionary to south India. Read online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Constantine Joseph Beschi
Illustrator(s):
Alfred Crowquill