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1867 – 1939Arthur Rackham (1867-1939)Died 6 September 1939, aged 71Rackham was an English book illustrator of the golden age of illustration. He illustrated Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Grimm's Fairy Tales. His last work was The Wind in the Willows.