Joseph Finnemore

Joseph Finnemore (1860-1939) was born in Birmingham in 1860 and educated at the Birmingham School of Art. He was a prolific book and magazine illustrator, who worked particularly for the Religious Tract Society.He was also a painter in oils whose works include "The Proclamation of King Edward VII at St. James' Palace January 24 1901" and "On the Lookout, A Stormy Night". [http://www.artnet.de/artist/569305/joseph-finnemore.html]

Some books illustrated by Joseph Finnemore

W. Harrison Ainsworth, "Old St. Paul's", Collins Clear-Type Press, London. c.1930

Charles Grant Blairfindie Allen, "The White Man's Foot", London: Hatchards, 1888

Dora Bee, "The Battle By The Lake", Religious Tract Society, n.d.

Alfred Beer, "The Heir of Bragwell Hall", London: Religious Tract Society, 1904

Florence Bone, "Doctor Ogilvie's Guest", Religious Tract Society, 1919

W. E. Cule, "Sir Knight of the Splendid Way", Religious Tract Society, 1926.

Daniel Defoe, "Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York Mariner as Related By Himself", DeWolfe, Fiske & Co. (Also includes illustrations by G.H. Thompson and Archibald Webb.)

Edward S. Ellis, "The Boy Hunters of Kentucky", M.A. Donohue & Co. Chicago. n.d.

Evelyn Everett-Green, "Knights of the Road", London: Thomas Nelson and Sons London, Edinburgh, Dublin, and New York, 1911

John Finnemore, "The Animals' Circus: A Book for Children", London: Gale & Polden,1915

Henry Franklin Belknap Gilbert, "The Book of Pirates", London: George G. Harrap, 1916

Henry Franklin Belknap Gilbert, "The Captain of his Soul", London: George Allen, 1902

Agnes Giberne, "The Girl at the Dower House and Afterward," W. & R. Chambers, Limited, London and Edinburgh, 1896

James Glass, "Chats over a Pipe: A Tale of Two Brothers" (James and William Glass), London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co., 1922
James Frederick Hodgetts, "Kormak the Viking", London: Religious Tract Society, 1902

Minnie Harding Kelly, "The Golden City", London: Religious Tract Society, 1920

Charles Kingsley, "Westward Ho!" London: Religious Tract Society, 1925

Kirk Munroe, "At War with Pontiac or the Totem of the Bear: a Tale of Redcoat and Redskin", Charles Scribners, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1922

M. Harding Kelly, "The Golden City", Pembina, U.S.A.

Maude Robinson, "Wedded In Prison", Swarthmore Press; Philadelphia : Friends Book Store, 1925

William Gordon Stables, "Kidnapped by Cannibals", London; Glasgow & Dublin, 1900 : Blackie & Son, 1899

William Stevens, "The Slave in History : His Sorrows and his Emancipation", London: Religious Tract Society, n.d.

Edric Vredenburg (ed), "Gems from Walter Scott's Poems", London: Raphael Tuck & Sons, 18--? E. Vredenburg (ed), William Shakespeare, "The Merry Wives of Windsor",London: Tuck & Sons, 1897

E. H. Walshe, "Kingston's Revenge: A Story of Bravery and Single-hearted Endeavour", London: Religious Tract Society n.d.
Mrs Henry Wood, "Roland Yorke", London: Collins' Clear-Type Press, 19--?
Johann David Wyss, "The Swiss Family Robinson", A New Version by E. A. Brayley Hodgetts, London, 1897 : George Newnes, 1896

SOURCE: COPAC