Forrest, Bob
Frank Chesworth and the „Clarion“ Series of Omar Khayyam Postcards. Bob Forrest. Manchester : [Bob Forrest], 2019. 13 pages, 15 pages of plates : illustrations (some in colour) ; 30 cm.
Rubaiyat Artists No. 9.
A look at the six Rubaiyat-related postcards designed by the young artist Frank Chesworth in 1904 for the Socialist newspaper “The Clarion”. The article also looks at the keen interest of the paper's founder-editor, Robert Blatchford, in The Rubaiyat, as well as looking at a range of work by the little known and talented artist, Frank Chesworth, who committed suicide at the early age of 38.
Online available in the Notes and Queries Index