Charles Ricketts Swiss-English writer and illustrator Charles Ricketts was BOTD in 1866. Born in Geneva, Switzerland to an English father and a French mother, he was raised in France. At 16, he moved to London to s…

Swiss-English writer, illustrator and Hot Bear Charles Ricketts, one half of celebrity gay couple with painter #CharlesShannon, was BOTD in 1866. #charlesricketts #hotbear #bornonthisday #supergays

Animated gif featuring: Charles Haslewood Shannon and Ricketts by George Charles Beresford. The title page of the Ward Lock & Co 1891 edition of The Picture of Dorian Gray with decorative lettering, designed by Charles Ricketts Frontispiece for A House of Pomegranates, 1891. The Wise and Foolish Virgins (c. 1913) Design for the title character in Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado Design for Tremouille in Shaw's Saint Joan Cover design for Saint Joan Drop-curtain for Saint Joan (1924) Joan and the Executioner Don Juan (1911) Deposition from the Cross (1915) Frontispiece of Milton's Early poems The Holy Women and the Angel of the Resurrection

🥭 Charles de Sousy Ricketts RA (2 October 1866 – 7 October 1931) was a British artist, illustrator, author and printer.
In 1906 he also began a career as theatre designer.
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