Warwick Goble (1862 – 1943) was a Victorian illustrator of children's books. He specialized in fairy tales, and exotic scenes from Japan, India, and Arabia. He illustrated H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds. Beauty and the Beast is a traditional folktale (type 425C -- search for a lost husband -- in the Aarne-Thompson classification). ... A fairy tale is a story, either told to children or as if told to children, concerning the adventures of mythical characters such as fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, giants, and others. ... The War of the Worlds (1898), by H. G. Wells, is an early science fiction novel (or novella) which describes an invasion of England by aliens from Mars. ...
Goble, well-versed in watercolor techniques and very influenced by the same Japanese techniques that fascinated Dulac, was perfectly suited to the task of producing the plates.
Whereas he'd done about five books in the ten years from 1897 to 1907, he produced about ten books in the five years from 1909 to 1913.
Goble's art occasionally rose to the classic level and often was only competent.
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