Ernest Herbert Whydale 1886 to 1952
ARE, SGA.Born at
Elland, Yorkshire. Landscape painter and etcher who studied in
London and produced more than forty plates between 1913 and 1931
dealing with country life. E. H. Whydale studied art in both
Birmingham and St. Leonards-on-Sea. Elected an associate Royal
Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers in 1920 and exhibited
twenty-six works there as well as thirty-four at the Royal Academy,
one at the Royal Scottish Academy and fifty-eight at Connell &
Sons Gallery. He focuses primarily on rural life. Scenes of
ploughing, carting, farming and country markets and fairs figure
prominently in his work. Especially in his etchings, Whydale
brilliantly captured the fast disappearing English countryside
He also illustrated a few books -
Ponies and Holidays by
Mary GERVAISE,illus Whydale,
E.Herbert pub : London; Lutterworth;, 1950. h/b; vg; 8vo; 160pp;
1st ed.
Ponies in Clover by
Mary GERVAISE,illus Whydale,
E.Herbert pub : London; Lutterworth;, 1950. h/b; vg; 8vo; 160pp;
1st ed.
A Pony of Your Own by
Mary GERVAISE,illus Whydale,
E.Herbert pub : London; Lutterworth;, 1950's
The Marvellous Adventures of
Percy Pig by Rodney:
Bennett, illus. by Whydale, E. Herbert pub University of London
Press 1942
THE OLD NURSE'S STOCKING-BASKET;by
Eleanor Farjeon, With
illustrations by E. Herbert Whydale. ["Whitcombe's story books, no.
342"].University of London Press, London, 1948. (Reprint of the
1931 first edition).
