Uncanny pic of the day: Sidney Sime

Posted on August 26, 2011 by

Image of the day is this superbly eerie illustration by one of my favourite illustrators of the Edwardian era, Sidney Sime. It comes from a 1906 copy of Pall Mall Magazine in my collection. Unlike Rackham, Dulac, Harry Clarke etc Sime is largely forgotten today – unfairly becasue, in my opinion, he is one of the finest illustrators of the macabre and fantastic ever to have put pen to paper. I’m sure I’ll be posting a lot more by Sime over the coming months.

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I am the editor of Uncanny UK (www.uncannyuk.com), a website devoted to British ghosts and folklore. I am the former editor of Paranormal Magazine and the author five books on Welsh folklore. Just launched Apparition Developments, first product of which is Ghost Finder London - an app plotting 300 haunted sites in London for iPhone. I'm a highly experienced journalist and corporate copywriter. I'm an enthusiast on the subjects of UK folklore, the supernatural and antiquities and am fond of old horror and sci-fi movies, cult TV such as Dr Who and I collect Victorian/Edwardian magazines. I also enjoy weird art and macabre literature by the likes of M R James, E F Benson, Algernon Blackwood, W Hope-Hodgson, H P Lovecraft etc. I live in North Wales, which is a very spooky place.
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