Henry M. Brock
Henry Matthew Brock (11 july 1875 - 21 july 1960) was a British illustrator and landscape painter.
Born in Cambridge (UK), H. M. Brock was one of four sons of Edmund Brock (1841-1921), a specialist reader in oriental languages for the Cambridge University Press, and his wife Mary Ann Louise (1836-1901) (née Pegram). H. M. Brock was the younger brother of the better-known artist Charles Edmund Brock, with whom he shared a studio from 1894. H. M. Brock studied at the Cambridge School of Art. Like his brother, he contributed to Punch magazine. While Charles Edward Brock painted in oils and was elected a member of the British Institution, H. M. Brock worked in advertising as well as in book illustration.
Between 1903 and 1912, he did 26 illustrations of Arthur Conan Doyle's fictions.
Illustrations
1903-1907
- Micah Clarke (1903-1907, George Newnes Ltd.) 8 illustrations
1911
- The Adventure of the Red Circle (march-april 1911, The Strand Magazine) 6 ill.
- One Crowded Hour (august 1911, The Strand Magazine) 5 ill.
1912
- The Gully of Bluemansdyke and Other Stories (september 1912, George Newnes Ltd.) cover illustration
- The Fall of Lord Barrymore (december 1912, The Strand Magazine) 5 ill.