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INDEX to Illustrators, Artists and Designers of Penguin Covers

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The individuals are listed on the pages in alphabetical order. The image displayed is usually the first item listed - and the entries are in series and number order, i.e. Main Series followed in order from 'A' (Pelicans) to 'Z' (Pelican History of Art). Clicking on the reference numbers will take you to the relevant entry in the website.

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Under represented is the work by Edward Young who designed the original Penguin colophon, and the cover with its 3 horizontal bands of colour-white-colour, the quartic in the upper band and the early typography. The principle of the design, which has become iconic, remained for the first two decades although the colophons and typography subtlety changed. Additionally, the immensely influential work of the two Penguin typographers, Jan Tschichold and Hans Schmoller also remains mostly behind the scenes.

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Information with some cover photographs of the artists, illustrators and designers

Abrahams H	Artist: HILARY ABRAHAMS Books: PK18;
Abrahams P	Artist: PENNY ABRAHAMS Books: X511(Omnific);
Acraman	Artist: NICHOLAS ACRAMAN Books: 2576 (Rolfe);
Adamson	Artist: GEORGE W. ADAMSON George Adamson (1913 - 2005) Books: 1365;   1366;   1367;   1368;   1369;   1551;   PS193;   PS242;   PS275;
Addams	Artist: CHARLES ADDAMS Charles Addams (1912 - 1988) Books: 1845;
Alajalov	Artist: CONSTANTIN ALAJALOV Constantin Alajalov (1900 - 1987) Books: 1393;
Albers	Artist: JOSEF ALBERS Books: 2337;
Aldridge	Artist: ALAN ALDRIDGE Alan Aldridge (1943 - ) Books: 1372;   1609;   1864;   2077;   2141;   2155;   2194;   2200;   2201;   2202;   2203;   2210 (Hornung);   2234;   2261;   2327;   2335;   2339;   2340;   2346;   2390;   2475 (Rolfe);   2480 (Rolfe);   2481 (Willock);   2506 (Willock);   2510;   2537;   2538 (Jesson and Butler);   2540 (Duffy);   2549;   2572 (Bosch);   2582;   2591;   2596;   2608;   2620;   2649;   2651;   2664;   2689;   2698;   2751;   2702;   2719;   2802 (Perry);   A663;   A671;   A690;   A727 (Stein);   A730;   A736;   A755 (Willock/Haynes);   PH76;   PH131;   S230;
Alexander	Artist: ISABEL ALEXANDER Books: PP58;   S149;
Alinari	Artist: ALINARI Books: A533 (Robbias);
Alldridge	Artist: ELIZABETH ALLDRIDGE Books: PS1;
Allen	Artist: Julian ALLEN Books: 2813;
Almasy	Artist: PAUL ALMASY Books: 2666;
Als	Artist: ROALD ALS Roald Als (1948 - ) Books: NG10; (Rasmussen);
Ambrose	Artist: KATHERINE 'KAY' AMBROSE Katherine (Kay) Ambrose (1914 - 1971) Books: A122;   A150;   K20;   S5;   S40;
Ambrus	Artist: VICTOR C. AMBRUS Victor Ambrus, FRSA [born: László Gyözö Ambrus] (1935 - ) Books: PK10;   PK19;   PK25;   PK39;   PK40;   PK45;   PK52;   PS188;
AMSDEN	Artist: CANDY AMSDEN Books: X814;
Anderson R	Artist: RAYMOND ANDERSON Books: 2396;
Anderson T	Artist: TONY ANDERSON Books: 2348;   2361;   A723;   A765;   A766;   A791;   A795;   A813;   AP18;
Andrews E	Artist: ELIZABETH ANDREWS Books: PS102;   PS105;
Andrews P	Artist: P. J. ANDREWS Books: X343 (Omnific, Bax);
Anisdahl	Artist: LEIF FRIMANN ANISDAHL Leif Frimann Anisdahl (1937 - ) Books: 1596;   2169;   2253;   2367 (Lancaster);   2368 (Lancaster);   A639 (Bassett);   A705;   S152;   Y39;
Annand	Artist: CAROL ANNAND Books: 2622;
Ansell	Artist: RUTH ANSELL Books: 1948;
'Ansell'Anton'	Artist: 'ANTON' Books: PH143;
Apicella	Artist: ENZO APICELLA Vincenzo 'Enzo' Apicella, FCSD (1922 - ) Books: 1629;   1783;   1788;
Apollonio	Artist: MARINA APOLLONIO Books: A843;
Ardizzone	Artist: EDWARD ARDIZZONE Edward Jeffrey Irving Ardizzone, CBE, RA (1900 - 1979) Books: 1265;  J2;  PS141;   PS160;   PS163;   PS193;   (PS196);   PS256;   PX8;
Armitage	Artist: EILEEN ARMITAGE Books: PS257;
Arno	Artist: PETER ARNO Peter Arno [born: Curtis Arnoux Peters Jr.] (1904 - 1968) Books: 1141;   1217;
Arnold	Artist: JAMES ARNOLD James Arnold (1909 - 1999) Books: PS71;
Astrop	Artists: JOHN and KENNETH ASTROP Books: 2161 (J.A./Hill);   2839 (J.A./Hill);   2842 (J.A./Hill/C. Smith);   2843 (J.A./Hill);   2844 (J.A./Hill);   A498;   A499;   A507;   WA11;   WA12;   WA13;
Atanasoff	Artist: IVAN ATANASOFF Books: X147;   X148 (Walmsley);   X149 (Paolozzi);   X150 (Davies);   X151 (Davies);   X152 (Sartorio);   X649;   X662;
Atkinson	Artist: PHILIP ATKINSON Books: 2652;
Attenborough	Artists: FREDERICK L. ATTENBOROUGH Books: K17;
von Aura	Artist: EKKEHARD von AURA Books: AC22 (Facetti);
Averink	Artist: LEEN AVERINK Books: A738;
Ayrton	Artist: MICHAEL AYRTON Michael Ayrton (1921 - 1975) Books: 1472;   1521;   1530;   1823;   2045;
Badmin	Artist: STANLEY ROY BADMIN Stanley Roy Badmin (1906 - 1989) Books: PP16;   PP31;   PP98;
Baer	Artist: MORLEY BAER Books: A606 (Noerbel/Blessing);
Bailey A	Artist: ADRIAN BAILEY Books: 1436;   1453;   1457;   1529;   1537;   1602;   1632;   1751;   1766;   1767;   1768;   1808;   1813;   1906;   1917;   1930;   2037;   2086;   2139;   PH74;
Bailey D	Artist: DENNIS BAILEY Books: 1227;   1261;   1277;   1567;   2741;   2861;   2866;   2972;   A417;   X324 (Omnific);   X327 (Omnific);   X340 (Omnific);   X553 (Omnific);   X649;   X700 (Omnific);
Bailey R	Artist: RICHARD BAILEY Books: 2400;
Bailey T	Artist: TOM BAILEY Books: 2105;
Baker	Artist: BERNARD BAKER Books: A513;
Barker C	Artist: CHRISTOPHER BARKER Books: A900;   A940;   A971;   A996 (Cinamon);   SL18 (Facetti, Broker, Prest);
Barker S	Artist: SID BARKER Books: BE49 (G. Scott);
Barnaby	Artist: ANGOVE BARNABY Books: 2610;   AU17;
Barnard	Artist: WILLIAM BARNARD Books: 1271;
Barnes	Artist: DAVID BARNES Books: 2845;
Baroni	Artist: NICOLETTA BARONI Books: 2674;   A852;   AP23;
Barrett	Artist: PETER BARRETT Peter Barrett Books: D69;   D70;   D76;   PK35;   PK63;   PH132;   PS190;   PS197;   PS276;   PS278;   PS288;
Barry	Artist: CLIFFORD BARRY Books: K52;
Bartlett	Artist: ROBERT BARTLETT Books: T4;   T6;
Bass	Artist: SAUL BASS Saul Bass (1920 - 1966) Books: 1479;
Bassett M	Artist: MARTIN BASSETT Books: 1958;   1961;   2068 (Davis);   2174;   2233;   2262;   2323;   2368 (Lancaster);   A639 (Anisdahl);   A649;   A660 (Riboud);   A703;   A704;   A734;   A737 (Mayne);   A774;   A782;   A783;   A819;   X12;   X13;   X14;   X15;   X16;   X17;   X18;   X19;   X20;   X35;   X94;   X113;   X213;   X223;   X287;   X384;   X615;   X620;   X659;
Bassot	Artist: P. BASSOT Books: D95 (Walters);
Bawden	Artist: EDWARD BAWDEN Edward Bawden, CBE, RA (1903 - 1989) Books: 1706;   1725;   1770;   1832;   K51;   PP61;
Bax	Artist: MARTIN BAX Books: X343 (Andrews P, Omnific);
Baxter	Artist: DAVID BAXTER Books: X715 (Omnific);
Bayley	Artist: DOROTHY BAYLEY Books: PS20;
Baynes J	Artist: JOHN BAYNES Books: PP87;   PS40;
Baynes P	Artist: PAULINE BAYNES Pauline Baynes (1922 - 2008) Books: PS132;   PS161;   PS173;   PS192;   PS200;   PS205;   PS211;   PS220;   PS229;   PS240;   PS244;   PS260;
Beall	Artist: LESTER BEALL STUDIO Lester Beall (1903 - 1969) Books: USA-585;   USA-601;   USA-603;
Beards	Artist: RICHARD BEARDS Books: X865 (Rowinski);   X866 (Rowinski);
Beardsley	Artist: AUBREY BEARDSLEY Aubrey Beardsley (1872 - 1898) Books: A386;
Beaton	Artist: CECIL BEATON Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton, CBE (1904 - 1980) Books: 1364;   1505;   2614;
Beckmann	Artist: MAX BECKMANN Books: 2892;
Bedford	Artist: HILARY BEDFORD Books: 2713;
Beechey	Artist: SIR WILLIAM BEECHEY Sir William Beechey, RA (1753 - 1839) Books: EL10;
Beerbohm	Artist: SIR MAX BEERBOHM Sir Henry Maximillian 'Max' Beerbohm (1872 - 1956) Books: 1010;   K12;
Belenson	Artist: GAIL BELENSON Books: PL95 (Morath);
Bell G	Artist: GARTH BELL Books: A847;   A869;   X100;   X154;   X221;   X252 (Morris);   X254 (Morris);   X291;
Bell V	Artist: VANESSA BELL Vanessa Bell [née Stephen] (1897 - 1961) Books: 1644;   2159;
Bellini	Artist: GIOVANNI BELLINI Books: 2963;
Bellmer	Artist: HANS BELLMER Books: 2455;
Belloc	Artist: HILAIRE BELLOC Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc (1870 - 1953) Books: PS67;
Belsky	Artist: MARGARET BELSKY Margaret Constance Belsky [née Owen] (1919 - 1989) Books: 1218;   1219;   PH34;   PH41;
Bentley N	Artist: NICOLAS BENTLEY Nicolas Clerihew Bentley (1907 - 1978) Books: 1143;   1211;   1245;   1268;   1335;   1414;   1532;   1648;   1826;   1827;   1828;   1829;
Bentley/Farrell/Burnett	Artist: PETER BENTLEY/MICHAEL FARRELL/STEWART BURNETT Books: 2562;   AU29;
Bentley R	Artist: R BENTLEY Books: Y21;
Bèraud	Artist: JEAN BÈRAUD Books: 2415;
Berg	Artist: BJÖRN BERG Björn Berg (1923 - 2008) Books: PS156;
Bergner	Artist: YOSL BERGNER Yosl Bergner (1920 - ) Books: 1572;
Bernard	Artist: CYRIL M. BERNARD Books: X1;
Bernini	Artist: G. L. BERNINI Books: K5;
Berry	Artist: ERIC BERRY Books: PS4;   PS82;
Berwin	Artist: DEREK BERWIN Books: 2398 (Palladino);
Bettersworth	Artist: BEULA BETTERSWORTH Books: 2986;
Beytagh	Artist: DENNIS BEYTAGH Books: SC23;
Biggs	Artist: J. R. BIGGS Books: C6;   C7;
Bildarchiv	Artist: HOLLE BILDARCHIV Books: L123;
Bileck	Artist: MARVIN BILECK Marvin Bileck (1920 - 2005) Books: PS148 (Burke);
Binder	Artist: PEARL BINDER Pearl Binder (1904 - 1990) Books: PP25;
Binyon	Artist: HELEN BINYON Helen Binyon (1904 - 1979) Books: C1;
Birch	Artist: F. H. BIRCH Books: 2462;
Bird	Artist: MALCOLM BIRD Books: X90;   X129;
Birdsall	Artist: DEREK BIRDSALL Derek Birdsall (1934 - ) Books: 1667;   1676 (Blake);   1885;   1929;   1936;   1994;   2008;   2091;   2110;   A496;   A516;   A531;   A532;   A540;   A553;   A630;   A643;   A656;   A740;   A784;   A826;   PH60;   PH66;   S214;   X32 (Omnific);   X144 (Omnific);   X326 (Omnific);   X342 (Omnific);   X344 (Omnific);   X503 (Omnific);   X528 (Omnific);   X563 (Omnific);   X632 (Omnific);   X633 (Omnific);   X650;   X651 (Omnific);   X672 (Omnific);   X682;   X694 (Omnific);   X704 (Omnific);   X721 (Omnific);   X912 (Omnific);   Y13;
Biró	Artist: MIHÁLY BIRÓ Books: 2334;
Bischof	Artist: WERNER BISCHOF Werner Bischof (1916 - 1954) Books: PH88;
Bishop	Artist: GRAHAM BISHOP Books: 2331 (Calman);   2342 (Calman);   2556 (Calman);   A744 (Calman);   A781 (Calman);   A794 (Calman);   A825 (Calman);   A873;   A890;   A916 (Calman);   A920 (Calman);   A941 (Calman);   A946;   A974 (Calman);   A975;   A992 (Calman);   R32 (Calman);   Y3;   Y17;   Y18;   Y22;   Y40;   Y47;
Blake J	Artist: JOHN BLAKE Books: X391;   X392;
Blake P	Artist: PETER BLAKE Books: 2142;   2143;   2144;   2145;   2256;   2297;   X253 (Webb);
Blake Q	Artist: QUENTIN BLAKE Sir Quentin Saxby Blake, CBE, FCSD, FRSL, RDI (1932 - ) Books: 1527;   1592;   1611;   1634;   1670;   1676 (Birdsall);   1687;   1794;   1847;   1893;   2121;   2122;   2123;   2156;   2341;   2865;   PX21;   X39 (Whitehead);   X212;   X239;   X240 (Omnific);
Blake W	Artist: WILLIAM BLAKE William Blake (1757 - 1827) Books: 2994;   A317;   AC29 (Freeman);   D116 (Freeman);   SL8;
Blânche	Artist: JACQUES EMILE BLÂNCHE Books: 2009;
Bledsoe	Artist: JUDITH BLEDSOE Judith Bledsoe (1929 - 2013) Books: PS159;
Blessing	Artist: HEDRICH BLESSING Books: A606 (Noerbel/Baer);
Bliss	Artist: DOUGLAS P. BLISS Douglas Percy Bliss (1900 - 1984) Books: C3;
Bloomfield	Artist: DIANA BLOOMFIELD Diana Bloomfield [née Wallace] (1915 - 2010) Books: L61;   L80;   L81;   L87;   L93;   L108;   L113;   PS121;
Blumenstock	Artist: BLUMENSTOCK Books: A989 (Klauber);
Bo	Artist: LARS BO Lars Bo (1924 - 1999) Books: PS164;
Boehlke	Artist: HENNING BOEHLKE Books: A864;   A919;   A930;   A957;   D98;   PL74;   PL75;   PL76;   PL78;   PL79;   PL80;   PL81;   PL82;   PL83;   PL84;   PL85;   PL86;   PL87;   PL88;   PL91;   PL92;   PL96;   S249;   S252;
Bois	Artist: WILLIAM PÈNE DU BOIS William Pène du Bois (1916 - 1993) Books: PS107;
Boldini	Artist: GIOVANNI BOLDINI Books: 2535;
Bond	Artist: BRIDGET BOND Books: PH135;
Bonnard	Artist: PIERRE BONNARD Books: 2014;
Booth	Artist: ANTHONY BOOTH Books: 2964 (Yates);
Bosch	Artist: HIERONYMOUS BOSCH Books: 2572 (Aldridge);   A745;
Boullée	Artist: ÉTIENNE-LOUIS BOULLÉE Books: AC10;
Boughrey	Artist: GEOFFREY BOUMPHREY Books: PS154 (Renny);
Boyd A	Artist: ALAN BOYD Books: 2310 (Spain/Hunstein);
Boyd R	Artist: ROBIN BOYD Robin Gerard Penleigh Boyd, CBE (1919 - 1971) Books: AU6;
Brack	Artist: JOHN BRACK John Brack (1920 - 1999) Books: AU10;
Bradberry	Artist: IAN BRADBERRY Books: A520;   A526;   A527;
Brahe	Artist: TYCHO BRAHE Tycho Brahe [Tyge Ottesen Brahe] (1546 - 1601) Books: Y27;
Brandt K	Artist: KATRIN BRANDT Books: PX22;
Brandt R	Artist: ROLF BRANDT Books: D122;
Braque	Artist: GEORGES BRAQUE Books: MP20;
Brauner	Artist: VICTOR BRAUNER Books: 2401;
Brazier	Artist: KEN BRAZIER Books: 2458;
Bredsdorff	Artist: THOMAS HJEJLE BREDSDORFF Thomas Hjejle Bredsdorff Books: NG8;
Breese	Artist: MARTIN BREESE Books: 2851;
Brennand	Artist: SUSAN BRENNAND Books: PE6;
Brenner	Artist: BARRY BRENNER Books: 2792;   2793;   2794;
Bréval	Artist: HENRI DE BRÉVAL Books: L161;
Brien	Artist: STANISLAUS BRIEN Stanislaus Brien Books: PS90;
Briesen	Artist: AUGUST VON BRIESEN Books: 2274;   2291;   A726;
Briggs	Artist: RAYMOND BRIGGS Raymond Redvers Briggs (1934 - ) Books: A968 (McLaren);   A998 (McLaren);   S273 (McLaren);   PS175;   PS300;   PX12;   PX48;
Brinkley	Artist: JOHN BRINKLEY Books: 1478;
Brock	Artist: C. E. BROCK Charles Edmund Brock (1870 - 1938) Books: PS3;   PS147;
Brockbank	Artist: RUSSELL BROCKBANK Russell Brockbank (1913 - 1979) Books: 1997;
Brodrick	Artist: WILLIAM BRODRICK Books: 1931;
Broker	Artist: NICHOLAS BROKER Books: SL18 (Facetti, Prest, Barker);
Brontë	Artist: PATRICK BRANWELL BRONTË Patrick Branwell Brontë (1817 - 1848) Books: EL1;
Brook	Artist: JUDITH BROOK Books: PS108;   PX14;
Brooke	Artist: JOHN BROOKE Books: X92 (Freeman);
Brooker	Artist: CHRISTOPHER BROOKER Books: 1593;   PS170;
Brookes	Artist: PETER BROOKES Books: X317;
Brooks B	Artist: BOB (ROBERT) H. BROOKS Books: 2107;   2435;   2445;   2483;   2487;   A611;   PH137;
Brooks R	Artist: RICHARD WEYMOUTH BROOKS Books: 2136 (Spain);
Brooks W	Artist: WALTER BROOKS Books: X350;
Broomfield	Artist: ROBERT BROOMFIELD Books: PX4;   PX6;   PX28;
Brough	Artist: JACK BROUGH Books: PP70;
Brown F	Artist: FORD MADDOX BROWN Books: A860;
Brown H	Artist: HAMISH BROWN Books: X145;
Brown J	Artist: JANE BROWN Books: A669;   A810;
Browne	Artist: H. J. P. BROWNE Books: PS13;
Buday	Artist: GEORGE BUDAY Gorge Buday (1907 - 1990) Books: 1155;   1157;   L14;   L49;   L51;   L99;   L107;   L125;
Buj	Artist: ROMAN BUJ Books: 1946;   2635;   X33;   X62;   X102;   X104;   X123;   X135;   X174;   X190;   X222;
Bukor	Artists: HARALD AND RUTH BUKOR Books: R54;   R61;
Bullen	Artist: ANNE BULLEN Books: PP13;
Bulmer	Artist: JOHN BULMER Books: PH120;
Burford	Artist: BRIAN BURFORD Books: PH172;
Burke	Artist: SHIRLEY BURKE Books: PS148 (Bileck);
Burnard	Artist: WILLIAM BURNARD Books: 1271;
Burnett	Artist: VIRGIL BURNETT Virgil Burnett (1928 - 2012) Books: 1691;   1719;   1720;   1721;   1722;   1723;   1724;   1733;   1834;   1858;   1867;   1941;   2031;
Burney	Artist: EDWARD FRANCIS BURNEY Edward Francis Burney (1760 - 1848) Books: D101;
Burns	Artist: KEITH BURNS Books: 2271;   2279;   AP8;   PL56 (Burns-Begg);
Burton J	Artist: JANE BURTON Books: PK22;   PS283;
Burton T	Artist: TERRY BURTON Books: X860;
Busasz	Artist: STEFAN BUSASZ Books: 1441;   1915;
Bushnell	Artist: JOHN BUSHNELL John Bushnell (c.1630 - 1701) Books: Z23;
Busoni	Artist: BUSONU Books: USA-517;   USA-521;   USA-523;   USA-525;   USA-529;   USA-532;   USA-533;   USA-541;   USA-543;   USA-553;
Busselle	Artist: MICHAEL BUSSELLE Books: 2316;   2356;   2363;   2388;   2431 (Robertson);   2472;   2491;   2522 (Tribe);   2566;   2590;
Bussingthwaighte	Artist: LEWIN BUSSINGTHWAIGHTE Books: L121;
Butler	Artist: PETER BUTLER Books: 2538 (Aldridge/Jesson);   2548 (Jesson/GDU);   2567 (Jesson/GDU);   2581 (Jesson/GDU);   2691 (Jesson/GDU);   2700 (Jesson/GDU);   2780 (Jesson/GDU);   2810 (Jesson/GDU);
Byfield	Artist: GRAHAM BYFIELD Books: 1559;   1585;
Byrne	Artist: JOHN BYRNE Books: 2612;   2935;

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