George Hutchinson, a Canadian Illustrator of Robert Louis Stevenson's <em>Treasure Island</em>

Abstract

Résumé: L'artiste néo-écossais George Hutchinson a fait paraître en 1894-1895 une série de dix-huit planches pour L'Île au trésor. C'est le premier à avoir illustré cette œuvre en travaillant seul. Sa série, négligée, est remarquable pour l'attention qu'elle porte à la narration romanesque. Cet artiste injustement oublié a servi de modèle au personnage principal du roman The Master d'Israel Zangwill. Summary: Nova Scotian artist George Hutchinson illustrated a serial version of Treasure Island, the first to be illustrated by a single hand, for Chums magazine in 1894-95. This largely overlooked version, containing eighteen drawings, is noteworthy for its careful attention to the story's narrative point of view. Of further interest is the nature of Chums itself as a home for Treasure Island. Also of special note is the Nova Scotia background of Hutchinson, who worked in London as an illustrator and there attracted the attention of writer Israel Zangwill, who used Hutchinson as the basis for his novel The Master