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Hilary Knight’s Favorite Things

Mar 26, 2015
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The celebrated illustrator who drew Eloise shares a few of his favorite things

Hilary Knight's Favorite Things

THE IMAGE ABOVE is a photograph of some of my close relatives and friends—including Lena Dunham, who is behind the HBO documentary about my life and work, It’s Me, Hilary: The Man Who Drew Eloise, coming out in March. We had an instantaneous connection when we met. She has a tattoo of Eloise, the children’s book character I helped create, on her back.

The image in front and the little fish and frog refer to my author photo from Eloise Takes a Bawth. I actually got into the water of my East Hampton pond for it, which was horrific; it was filled with bullfrogs and fish. To the right is a portrait of Eloise and my favorite doll of her. She was a representation of a lot of the strong women in my life, including Kay Thompson, the author, but also of myself.

My parents, who were illustrators, did that New Yorker cover in 1926. I always thought what evolved into Eloise started with this cover: It’s very elegant and stylish. The video camera is important to me because I documented every single thing I’ve drawn in the last 20 years, starting with my pencil sketches. A lot of the footage is going into the documentary.

Behind is a picture of my cat, Ruff; my friends told me to put him in a cat show, and I took him to the big one at Madison Square Garden. He won Eighth Best Household Pet and got that ribbon. I didn’t want him to do it, but he seemed to like it.

On the right is one of the little stage settings I’ve started creating: It’s a portrait of my assistant, Wilson, on the left, with me, out exploring. He’s the Indian child actor Sabu, and I’m an Indian prince on an elephant, which is something I would still like to be.”

as told to Christopher Ross

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© 2015 by Hilary Knight .

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Mr. Knight has illustrated over fifty books, nine of which he also wrote. Besides books, his work has included note and greeting cards, children's fashion advertisings, illustrations for Cricket magazine, record album covers and posters for the Broadway musicals Half A Sixpence, Hallelujah Baby!, No, No Nanette, Irene, and Gypsy.

© Hilary Knight. All Rights Reserved.

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