Edward Killingworth Johnson, R. W. S. (born 30 May 1825 in Stratford le Bow, London – died 7 April 1896 in Halstead, Essex), was a Victorian wood engraver, illustrator, watercolourist and painter in oils, specialising in rural genre scenes. During the 1860s he was a regular contributor to The Illustrated London News and latterly The Graphic (founded in 1869). His most significant commission for that large-scale, folio periodical remains H. Rider Haggard's She: A History of Adventure, first published as a weekly serial from 2 October 1886 through the beginning of January 1887 (Volumes XXXIV and XXXV). An American edition was published by Harper & Bros. in New York on 24 December 1886; this included Johnson's original serial illustrations. On 1 January 1887, a new British edition was published by Longmans, Green, & Co., without any illustrations. It featured some significant textual revisions by Haggard, who subsequently made further revisions for the British edition of 1888, which included a new series of volume-appropriate wood-engravings by noted illustrator Maurice Greiffenhagen and engraver C. H. M. Kerr. — Philip V. Allingham
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Haggard. H. Rider. She: A History of Adventure. Illustrated by E. K. Johnson. The Graphic Magazine, Vols. XXXIV and XXXV. 2 October 1886 to 8 January 1887.
Haggard. H. Rider. She: A History of Adventure. Illustrated by E. K. Johnson. New York: Harper & Bros., 1887.
Haggard, H. Rider. She: A History of Adventure. Illustrated by Maurice Greiffenhagen and Charles H. M. Kerr. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1888.
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