Saturday

'The Ship that Sailed to Mars - a Fantasy'


'The Ship that Sailed to Mars a Fantasy'
written and illustrated by William M. Timlin (1892-1943)
London: George G. Harrap & Company Limited. n.d. (1923)

Timlin worked on The Ship that Sailed to Mars for two years.
It was started as a diversion for his son in 1921. The work
expanded until in its final form it had 48 pages of text and
48 colour plates showing remarkable flights of fantasy

Read the book here









2 kommentarer:

Marcus said...

'The Ship That Sailed to Mars - The Fantasy' is the ultimate in imagination and creativity. It should be a very interesting story to merit illustration with such a genius. only to see the images now create a script can be tasty and fun. Great post.

Aputsiaq said...

Marcus, thank you for your comment! These illustrations are like sent from heaven: so beautiful! I feel like reading the story, too!