Arthur Augustus Dixon

Arthur Augustus Dixon (8 May 1872 – 1959) was an English artist and illustrator who produced illustrations for authors such as Angela Brazil, Elsie J. Oxenham and Bessie Marchant.

Life Arthur was born and raised in St Pancras, London by his father, Richard Dixon, a grainer, and his mother Rosa. In 1887 his father died and Rosa moved with Arthur and his two brothers, Frederick and Herbert to Islington.

Work Arthur was a prolific illustrator in his time and made illustrations for reprints of around thirty-five classic works by Charles Dickens, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Charles Kingsley, Victor Hugo, Elizabeth Gaskell and Washington Irving .

Offerings (1902) [44 x 60 inches] Thomas More with his Daughters Entertaining Cardinal Wolsey [27.8 x 19.9 inches] Garden scene with a seated figure reading a book to the foreground, a woman and a young boy looking down a well and children dancing beyond, (1913) [47.6 x 31.9 inches] David Copperfield The Victor (1915) The Queen of Clubs (1902) Portrait of Lina Susan Penelope Norman

Legacy One of his illustrations was sold at Christie's for £7,170 in 2003.

Dixon was characterised by the Dictionary of British Book Illustrators as 'generally competent' and 'conventional and prosaic with sentimental overtones'.