William Russell Flint

Flint was born in Edinburgh on 4 April 1880 and was educated at Daniel Stewart's College and then Edinburgh Institution. From 1894 to 1900 Flint was apprenticed as a lithographic draughtsman while taking classes at the Royal Institute of Art, Edinburgh. From 1900 to 1902 he worked as a medical illustrator in London while studying part-time at the Heatherley School of Fine Art. W. S. Gilbert's Savoy Operas (1909), Sir Thomas Malory's ''Le Morte d'Arthur'' (1910–1911) and Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales (1912). clearly borrowing inspiration from similar works by Lawrence Alma-Tadema. Flint was also a published author of short stories. In 1965, a collection of his short stories were published as a limited edition of 500 titled Shadows in Arcady; for which Flint designed the graphical layout and the illustrations. Previously, Flint's story "The Angelus" had been published in The Times newspaper. Flint was active as an artist and a writer until his death in London on 30 December 1969. ==Illustrations to Savoy Operas==

Savoy Operas is a collection of four opera librettos by W. S. Gilbert that had been set to music by Arthur Sullivan, originally published 1909. Princess Ida File:William Russell Flint - W. S. Gilbert - Savoy Operas - Princess Ida 1.jpg|"I can tell a woman's age in half a minute—and I do!" File:William Russell Flint - W. S. Gilbert - Savoy Operas - Princess Ida 2.jpg|"Must we, till then, in prison cell be thrust?" File:William Russell Flint - W. S. Gilbert - Savoy Operas - Princess Ida 3.jpg|Enter Princess, reading. File:William Russell Flint - W. S. Gilbert - Savoy Operas - Princess Ida 4.jpg|Enter the "Daughters of the Plough," bearing Luncheon. File:William Russell Flint - W. S. Gilbert - Savoy Operas - Princess Ida 5 (Frontispiece).jpg|Frontispiece to Savoy Operas File:William Russell Flint - W. S. Gilbert - Savoy Operas - Princess Ida 6.jpg|The Gate yields. Hildebrand and Soldiers rush in. File:William Russell Flint - W. S. Gilbert - Savoy Operas - Princess Ida 7.jpg|"Though I am but a girl, / Defiance thus I hurl." File:William Russell Flint - W. S. Gilbert - Savoy Operas - Princess Ida 8.jpg|"Where are your rifles, pray?" ==References==