History of Children Book Illustrator

Are we also dealing with history of children lit?

then it would be good to start with George Cruickshank. 

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Although children's literature had its beginnings in the early seventeenth century, with books intended to teach rather than to amuse, it was not until the mid-eighteenth century that books intended specifically for children books began to emerge. By the nineteenth century there was an established market for children's books and a need for illustrators of these books. George Cruickshank was perhaps the best known illustrator in Britain in the early nineteenth century. His work included illustrations for the first English edition of Brothers Grimm's fairy tales.

link to:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Cruikshank

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chronical history of children book illustration:

http://www.google.com/search?q=history+of+children+illustration+book&hl=en&client=safari&rls=en-us&sa=X&tbo=p&tbs=tl:1,tll:1650,tlh:1699&ei=a9uzSumbEMSQtge1jM3ADg&oi=timeline_histogram_main&ct=timeline-histogram&cd=1

Some more information about history of children book:

http://unitproj.library.ucla.edu/special/childhood/pictur.htm