13 Facts About Hugh Thomson

Hugh Thomson was the eldest of their three surviving children.

On 29 December 1884, Hugh Thomson married Jessie Naismith Miller in Belfast.

Hugh Thomson's correspondence reflects the fact that he missed being close to the National Gallery and the museums where he usually compiled research for his illustrations.

Hugh Thomson died of heart disease at his home in Wandsworth Common on 7 May 1920.

Hugh Thomson gained praise and influenced many young artists through his book illustrations.

Hugh Thomson notably illustrated editions of William Shakespeare, Jane Austen, and Charles Dickens.

Hugh Thomson's works were featured in a number of exhibitions during his lifetime, including an 1899 exhibit at the Birmingham and Midland Institute and a 1910 exhibit of his watercolor drawings for Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor at The Leicester Galleries in London.

Hugh Thomson's illustrations were featured in an 1891 exhibit with fellow illustrator Kate Greenaway at the Fine Art Society.

Hugh Thomson prepared most of his work in black and white until the early years of the 20th century, but would sometimes tint pieces for exhibits.

Hugh Thomson was often praised for his ability to "project himself into a story".

Hugh Thomson was elected RI, a member of the Royal Society of Painters in Water Colours in 1897 and retired in 1907.

Hugh Thomson was the first of the Cranford School of illustrators who abandoned the 1890s style of Beardsley for the delicacy of an eighteenth-century mode.

In total, Hugh Thomson illustrated sixty-five books and contributed a large number of illustrations to magazines and other periodicals.