A treatise on wood engravings : historical and practical . JOHN DALZIEL BROTUtLia AKTONY AND (JLEOPATRA. Engraved by Messrs. Dalziel, Brothers, after, the designs of Gilbert. These highly appreciated Artists appear together in aconsiderable mimber of the illustrated publications of the present Dalziel are among the most extensive of our wood-engravers,and have taken part in all the illustrated works of importance whichhave been produced during the last twenty years. Among the recentones are:—Stauntons Illustrated Shakspeare, from which the abovespecimen is taken,
A treatise on wood engravings : historical and practical . JOHN DALZIEL BROTUtLia AKTONY AND (JLEOPATRA. Engraved by Messrs. Dalziel, Brothers, after, the designs of Gilbert. These highly appreciated Artists appear together in aconsiderable mimber of the illustrated publications of the present Dalziel are among the most extensive of our wood-engravers,and have taken part in all the illustrated works of importance whichhave been produced during the last twenty years. Among the recentones are:—Stauntons Illustrated Shakspeare, from which the abovespecimen is taken, and Longfellows Poems, Eoutledge, 1859; BarryCornwalls Dramatic Scenes and Poems, with fifty-seven wood-engravings,published by Chapman and Hall in 1857, now republished by Henry ; and Tennysons Princess, after drawings by Maclise. These artistsare at present engaged in engraving Millais Designs in the Cornhill Magazine. P P * 562* ARTISTS AND ENGKAVEES OF THE PEESENT TUOMAd 1>ALZ1£L UiLZlbL, BauTUtail THE FLORENTINE PARTY. The present engraving, executed by the Brothers Dalziel, for BarryCornwalls Poems, gives a pleasing example of Mr. Thomas Dalzielsdrawing. The next two are early designs by Mr. John Gilbert. The first isfrom the Percy Tales of the Kings of England, originally published in1840, by Mr. Cundall, and since by Henry G. Bohn; the other fromMaxwells Life of the Duke of Wellington, in which there are upwardsof one hundred similar vignettes, originally published in 184-0, by , Brothers. ARTISTS AND ENGRAVERS OF THE PRESENT DAY. iUHN CILBEK
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