A treatise on wood engravings : historical and practical . G. II. THOHA^S FROM HIAWATHA. W. I. THOMAS. William L. Thomas deserves to rank anions the foremost of our wood-engravers, as will be seen by the present specimen. He engraved mostof the subjects to Hiawatha, all of which were drawn by his brotherGeorge H. Thomas, and are now included in Bohns Illustrated editionof Longfellows Works; many of Mr. Maclises masterly designs forTennysons Princess, and all the subjects for the Boys Book ofBallads, from drawings by John Gilbert. They have also contributed,separately or together, to the Book o
A treatise on wood engravings : historical and practical . G. II. THOHA^S FROM HIAWATHA. W. I. THOMAS. William L. Thomas deserves to rank anions the foremost of our wood-engravers, as will be seen by the present specimen. He engraved mostof the subjects to Hiawatha, all of which were drawn by his brotherGeorge H. Thomas, and are now included in Bohns Illustrated editionof Longfellows Works; many of Mr. Maclises masterly designs forTennysons Princess, and all the subjects for the Boys Book ofBallads, from drawings by John Gilbert. They have also contributed,separately or together, to the Book of Favourite Modern Ballads,Poetry and Pictures from Thomas Moore. Burns Poems, The MerrieDays of England, Favourite English Poems, and many other illustratedworks. 566* ARTISTS AND ENGRAVEKS OF TIIK PRESENT GEUnoC H IHO lAb hohACL aAKa^L tilAVVATHA. ^nt: -->yj ??.,«..: A »^- Engraved by Horace Harral (a pupil of the late John OrrinSmith), after a design by George Thomas, for the illustrated edition ofLongfellows Poems, ,^ -j,-^^^^ ^^ formerly published ^-. ^ ??ift^^K***^**^^ ?? in detached portions ...S^^ by Kent & Co., and iirf^ now completely by - l==^^^H. G. Bohn. These ^ ~ ^ artists have also con-tributed to the illus- ^trated editions ofColeridges AncientINIariner, BurnsPoems, CampbellsPleasures of Hope,the Merchant ofVenice, and TheMerrieDaysof Eng- ?•*-r ?,./..7 v .- ..*.-• ..- land; also to the V^^, • ™ Poetry and Pictures from Thomas Moore. Mr. George Thomas, whohas long ranked as one of our best draughtsmen of figure subjects, hasof late turned his attention almost exclusively to painting in oils, and isa successful exhibitor.
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