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- Thomas Taylor did the very first illustration for Harry Potter at a time when Bloomsbury was taking a chance on an unknown author.
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Dec 4, 2010 · But the first person who gave Harry a public face was Thomas Taylor, the artist responsible for the cover for Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (1997, Bloomsbury). Thomas Taylor drew the first Harry Potter cover ever and was one of the first people to read the book.
Mar 25, 2017 · Thomas Taylor did the very first illustration for Harry Potter at a time when Bloomsbury was taking a chance on an unknown author. Just as it was J.K. Rowling’s first book, it was Taylor’s first commission.
Apr 24, 2020 · GrandPre gave us our first glimpse into what Harry, the rest of the characters, and places really looked like. Her illustrations were all we knew about how scenes in the book really looked like, and in stunning color and detail.
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In 1997, Taylor painted his first professional commission, a cover illustration for a children's book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, by then unknown author J. K. Rowling, for which he was paid a flat fee of two or three hundred pounds. [2]
May 29, 2008 · J.K. Rowling gave birth to Harry Potter, but Mary GrandPre breathed life into him for millions of readers. As illustrator of the Potter saga, GrandPre made evocative drawings that traced...
Feb 7, 2018 · The man who penned the very first illustration for Harry Potter. Taylor illustrated the cover, both front and back, for The Philosopher’s Stone . He has since gone on and illustrated various other children novels along with writing some of his very own.
Jun 26, 2022 · Thomas Taylor was only 23 and fresh out of art school. It was probably the spontaneity of the age which made him walk into the London office of Bloomsbury Publishers and drop off some sketches of dragons.
