Thomas Heath Robinson was one of six children of the artist and wood-engraver Thomas Robinson and his wife Eliza Heath. Brother of the illustrators William Heath Robinson and Charles Robinson. He studied at the Islington School of Art and gained his first commission as illustrator for the Pall Mall Magazine in 1893. He went on to illustrate many books for the publishers Allen,Bliss Sands,Dent and Nister and many others and contributed to many magazines including The Strand,Quiver,Idler,Windmill and Cassell’s Family Magazine etcetera. Ref: Geoffrey Beare:”Thomas Heath Robinson” in The Brothers Robinson: catalogue Chris Beatles Ltd. 1992.