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Thomas Mackenzie – Aladdin 1919

Thomas Mackenzie was an illustrator from Bradford England working in the early part of the 20th century. His style is very reminiscent of his more famous contemporary Kay Nielsen. The images presented here are taken from his 1919 illustrations for Arthur Ransomes “Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp” . As well as the fabulous colour images shown here, the book is decorated on every page with fantastic borders and other embelishments in pen and ink. It is a great shame that he never acheived greater success. He died in France in 1944.
Click the thumbnails below for full sized view. You can download a 300dpi colour scan of the entire book at the bottom of this post.

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Download the entire book HERE.

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8 Responses to “Thomas Mackenzie – Aladdin 1919”

  1. These images are just awesome. I´d never heard of Thomas MacKenzie before. Thanks for sharing both these and the other books and illustrations. I always learn something new when I visit your site :-)

  2. Hi Steven,

    It’s great to see you back. I’ve missed you! Thanks for this pdf – the images are fantastic.

    I have a question though. If Thomas Mackenzie was British and he died in 1944, is his work in the public domain in the UK before 1915?

    Thanks for uploading all these wonderful images for us.

    All the best,

    April

  3. Hi Steve, great images. I love these types of drawings, although they could be a little dark and scary for youngsters in these days where everything is portrayed as ‘fluffy bunnies’ and Dysney cartoon characters. The text is very visually attractive too.

    Enjoy the journey.

    Mandy

  4. Great illustrations. I have missed your blog posts Steven so I am glad to see you back.

    Thanks and best wishes
    Anne

  5. Yes thanks so much for these resources.

  6. Hi Steven,

    I agree with the previous two comments, and April has asked the same qustion I was going to ask. This leads onto another question I’ve been meaning to contact you about, since purchasing your Fifty Dollars a Day book; Is there a place where I can go to check whether something is in the Public Domain in the UK? I know you’ve explained about the 70 years following the authors death, but how can you tell if a copyright has been renewed, like with Peter Pan, for example?

    I’d love to know how you manage this! Thanks again for all the brilliant info and resources.

    Kind regards,

    Karen.

  7. I think April means 2015, and I would like to know the answer to that as well.

    Do keep up the good work, your blog is one of my favourites. Thank you.

  8. Hi Steve
    I found your site through a link on one of John Thornhills Masterclass students blog.

    I wondered why you stopped updating your blog as it seems to have potential.

    Did the Masterclass course not work out. I would love to here from you. You can contact me through my email address I submitted.

    Dave W

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