Herbert Railton

Herbert Railton (21 November 1857 – 15 March 1910), was an English artist and leading black and white illustrator of books and magazines.

Railton was born in Pleasington, near Blackburn, Lancashire, and educated at Mechlin in Belgium and Ampleforth College in North Yorkshire (England).

He joined the local literary club where he met artist Charles Haworth, who became his mentor, and gave him further instruction in working in black and white.

After his drawings of a railway accident at Blackburn station (1881) were published in the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, Railton went on to become one of the leading illustrators of his day.

Railton provided many black and white illustrations for magazines and books - including editions of books by famous authors such Thomas Hood (The Haunted House), Oliver Goldsmith, Henry Fielding, Samuel Johnson etc.

Herbert Railton
Cover illustration by M. Browne and Herbert Railton for the October 1, 1892 Illustrated London News , showing a scene from Sydney Grundy and Arthur Sullivan 's Haddon Hall .
Gray's Inn , London (1895)
Middle Temple Hall and Fountain Court, London (1895)