John Dickson Batten (8 October 1860 – 5 August 1932)

John Dickson Batten, Illustration in More Celtic Fairy Tales 1894.

John D. Batten was an English painter and illustrator who worked on a 

series of collections of fairy tales edited by Folklore Society 

member Joseph Jacobs.

His list of works included English, Celtic, Indian, and Middle Eastern 

(Tales from the Arabian Nights) fairy tale collections. 

He also worked on illustrations for the English version of Dante's Inferno.

John Dickson Batten, Illustration in More Celtic Fairy Tales 1894.

John Dickson Batten, Illustration in More English Fairy Tales 1894.

John Dickson Batten, Indian Fairy Tales 1892.

John Dickson Batten, Celtic Fairy Tales 1892.

John Dickson Batten, The Lion and the Crane 

(Indian Fairy Tales) 1892.

John Dickson Batten, Illustration in More Celtic 

Fairy Tales 1894.

John Dickson Batten, Illustration in More Celtic 

Fairy Tales 1894.

John Dickson Batten, The Demon with the Matted 

Hair (Indian Fairy Tales) 1892.

John Dickson Batten, Fairy Tales from 

the Arabian Nights 1915.

John Dickson Batten, Fairy Tales from 

the Arabian Nights 1915.

John Dickson Batten, Indian Fairy Tales 1892.

John Dickson Batten, Fairy Tales from 

the Arabian Nights 1915.

John Dickson Batten, Illustration in More English Fairy Tales 1894.

John Dickson Batten, Fairy Tales from the Arabian Nights 1915.

John Dickson Batten, Fairy Tales from the Arabian Nights 1915.

John Dickson Batten, Illustration in More Celtic Fairy Tales 1894.