The watercolor illustration by Thomas Taylor was featured on the first edition of the novel in 1997. Courtesy Sotheby's In the 1990s, Thomas Taylor, a recent art school graduate, was working at a ...

J.K. Rowling’s 1997 novel “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” was the beginning of what would become a worldwide phenomenon. Now, the original illustration for the first edition of ...

The original watercolor illustration of a young wizard boarding the Hogwarts Express was artist Thomas Taylor’s first professional commission Julia Binswanger Daily Correspondent The original ...

J.K. Rowling's novel 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone' was the beginning of what would become a worldwide phenomenon. Now, the original illustration for the first edition of the book is going ...

The iconic original illustration gracing the cover of J.K. Rowling’s 1997 masterpiece, "Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone," is poised to make history as it heads to auction next month, with ...

Children's book author and illustrator Thomas Taylor created the original cover art for J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's stone" at age 23, according to auction house Sotheby's.