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Henry Brock was born in Cambridge in 1875. He studied at the Cambridge School of Art and by the early 1900s was one of Britain's most popular illustrators. Books illustrated by Brock included The Pilgrim's Progress (1900), The Deerslayer (1900), Last of the Mochicans (1900), Little Women (1904) and Cranford (1912).

Brock also had his work published in several journals including The Humorist, the London Magazine, The Royal Magazine, The Stetch, the Strand Magazine, The Tatler and the Windsor Magazine.

During the First World War, Brock became a regular contributor to Punch Magazine in 1916. Brock worked almost entirely in pen and ink and was ideally suited for this work. As one critic pointed out, Brock was "infallible in portraying anatomy and action". Another argued that it was Brock's "flair for drama and action that helped him to achieve considerable popularity as an illustrator of boys' stories."

After the war Brock concentrated on book illustration and successful commissions included The Golden Staircase (1928), All About Me (1928), The Old Curiosity Shop (1932) and Christmas Tales (1932). Henry Brock died in 1960.

 

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