Harrison Cady

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Walter Harrison Cady (1877-1970), was an American illustrator born in Gardner, Massachusetts, to town selectman and businessman, Edwin Cady. His father fostered a love of nature and encouraged his art skills until his untimely death when Harrison was eighteen. Young Cady entered an apprenticeship with local painter, Parker Perkins, and began publishing his artwork as early as 1894 (signed as Walter H. Cady), with an illustration in a supplement to Harper's Young People.

After his father's life, he moved to New York City and found work, first at the Brooklyn Eagle newspaper, then later at Life Magazine. This led to a long career as a newspaper and magazine illustrator, as well as numerous children's books, featuring both fantastic and realistic animal illustrations. He found a long association with American author Thornton W. Burgess, and became best known for his works in Bedtime Stories, a daily newspaper created by Burgess.

Cady was very prolific, illustrating for over 70 years for publications such as St. Nicholas, Saturday Evening Post, Ladies' Home Journal, Good Housekeeping and the Herald Tribune Syndicate.

[edit] External links

• Archives of American Art online exhibit on Harrison Cady
• Works by Thornton Burgess at Project Gutenberg, most illustrated by Harrison Cody