Harold
Copping
was born in
1863. After studying at the Royal Academy School
he visited Paris on a Landseer Scholarship. He became an accomplished
illustrator and early books included Hammond's
Hard Lines (1894), Miss Bobbie
(1897), Millionaire (1898), A
Queen Among Girls (1900), Pilgrim's
Progress (1903), Westward Ho!
(1903), Grace Abounding (1905),
Three School Chums
(1907), Children's Stories from
Dickens (1911), Little
Women (1912),
Good Wives (1913), A
Christmas Carol (1920) and Character
Sketches from Boz (1924).
Copping was commissioned to produce illustrations for the Bible. To
achieve authenticity for his illustrations he travelled in Palestine.
The resulting book, The Copping Bible
(1910), was a best-seller and led to more Bible commissions. This
included A Journalist in
the Holy Land (1911, The
Golden Land (1911), The Bible
Story Book (1923) and My Bible
Book (1931).
As well as book illustrations, Copping contributed to the periodicals,
The Leisure Hour, Little
Folks, Pearson's Magazine,
The Royal Magazine, The
Temple Magazine and the Windsor
Magazine. Harold Copping,
who lived in Shoreham and Sevenoaks, died in 1932.
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