Paul Bransom’s The River Bank Picnic (1913)

Among the numerous illustrators of Paul Bransom’s standout because his portrayal of the character tends to look like animals they are. This is especially evident in the flyleaf illustration of “The River Bank.”

Featured Image: Paul Bransom. “The River Bank,” In Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind in the Willows. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1913.