- Museum number
- 1913,0415.174
- Title
- Object: India-Proofs of Wood-Engravings by The Brothers Dalziel
- Description
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Album with hand-written title-page: 'India-Proofs of Wood-Engravings by The Brothers Dalziel. General Work - Various. 1860. This Book was made up at the time the engravings shown in it were done.' Half-bound in brown leather and gilt; lettering on spine reads 'Wood-Engravings by the Brothers Dalziel. XIII. Various Works. 1860'. The album includes approximately 1673 wood-engraved proofs.
The album includes numerous book illustrations of all sorts. It includes children's illustrations, geometrical and mechanical diagrams, marine, hunting and topographical illustrations, biblical scenes, illustrations to imperialist and travel narratives, novels, poetry, botany and astronomy. In this album, there are several covers and spines for cheap editions of novels, particularly novels by Walter Scott, published for eighteen pence by A & C Black (see nos. 1-4, 57-60, 592-5, 792-3, 821-2); there are also similarly formatted title pages and spines for other writers and publishers. Many of the proofs are touched with white. Some of the impressions are also annotated on the designs or margins; these annotations are usually proofing corrections, but most have been partially trimmed off before the illustrations were pasted in.
Individual prints include the following:
Nos. 79-86: illustrations for F. C. Armstrong, 'The Lion of War; or, the Pirates of Loo Chow: a tale of the Chinese seas, for youths' (London: James Blackwood, [1860]).
No. 90: large hunting scene (240 x 348 mm) by Dalziel after Harrison Weir. Joins are showing where the woodblocks have been bolted together to make the larger print.
Nos. 138-165: illustrations for 'Hardships made easy. Domestic hardships. Hardships in travel. Hardships abroad.' (London: James Blackwood, [1861?]). Nos. 166-202 are apparently associated with this publication, but it is not clear whether they were used.
Nos. 212-4: illustrations after John Everett Millais and William Homan Hunt for the periodical 'Once a Week'.
No. 216: trade card for the goldsmith Ellis Gamble; card is bilingual (English and French).
Nos. 225-231: an orientalising image of smokers, and a number of illustrations of tools and pipes.
No. 232: illustrated title for 'The Northern Journal', with river and cityscape behind the title words.
Nos. 245-250 (251?): illustration after John Gilbert to Longfellow's 'Poetical Works: A New Edition' (London: Routledge, 1860). These are new illustrations for the new edition. Most of the other illustrations in this publication are carried over from earlier editions. For impressions of these, and more generally for earlier illustrations of Longfellow by Dalziel and Gilbert, see also reg. nos. 1913,0415.164, 1913,0415.169, 1913,0415.173 and 1905,1019.215-316.
Nos. 252-291: illustrations after John Tenniel to Thomas Moore, 'Lalla Rookh: An Oriental Romance' (London: Longman, Green, Longman & Roberts, 1860). For the rest of the series, see reg. no. 1913,0415.173.+.
Nos. 606 & 817: illustrations after John Everett Millais to Anthony Trollope's 'Framley Parsonage' in 'The Cornhill Magazine'.
Nos. 773-88: illustrations after Harrison Weir of pigs, with plans of a pig sty, trough, etc.
Nos. 1084-6: illustrations after John Leighton and Matthew J. Lawless for Catherine Winkworth (trans.), 'Lyra Germanica: The Christian Life' (London: Longmans, 1868). For a copy of the published book see 1992,0406.402. For illustrations from the 1868 edition, see reg. no. 1913,0415.184.
Nos. 1087-1115: illustrations after Charles Bennett to Henry Morley, 'Oberon's Horn: a Book of Fairy Tales' (London: Chapman & Hall, 1860).
Nos. 1126-1206: illustrations after numerous designers to Eliza Cook’s 'Poems' (London: Routledge, 1861). For analysis of the Dalziel's work on Eliza Cook's poetry, see Lorraine Janzen Kooistra, 'Poetry, Pictures and Popular Publishing' (2011).
Nos. 1250-1360: illustrations after J. D. Watson to John Bunyan, 'The Pilgrim's Progress' (London: Routledge, 1861). An edition in Welsh with the same illustrations was also published in 1861 in Wrexham, by G. R. Hughes & Son.
Nos. 1615-1626: untraced fashion illustrations.
- Producer name
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Print made by: Dalziel Brothers (All)
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After: Sir John Gilbert (Nos. 247-51, 1126-32, 1134, 1136-7, 1139-42, 1144, 1146-9, 1151, 1153, 1155-7, 1159, 1162-3, 1166-7, 1169-75, 1177, 1179, 1181-2, 1184-5, 1187, 1191, 1195-8, 1203-5, 1649 (some have Gilbert's monogram; all attributed by Campbell Dodgson, or confirmed by reference to the books in which the illustrations appeared))
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After: Harrison William Weir (Nos. 90, 487-90, 779-88, 823, 983-90, 1133, 1168, 1180, 1188-9 (most with signature or monogram, all attributed by Campbell Dodgson))
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After: Hablot Knight Browne (Phiz) (Nos. 536, 590-1(?), 684-91, 1368-9, 1371-2, 1375 (most with monogram; all attributed by Campbell Dodgson, with query as indicated))
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After: James Godwin (Nos. 1361-7, 1399-1406, 1631 (many with signature; all attributed by Campbell Dodgson))
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After: Joseph Wolf (Nos. 1138, 1164-5, 1176, 1178, 1190, 1398 (all with monogram or signature; all attributed by Campbell Dodgson))
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After: John Absolon (Nos. 584-9, 1408(?)-14(?) (all attributed by Campbell Dodgson; both of these series of illustrations are attributed on the title-pages of the books in which they appeared, the first set to Absolon and Browne, the second set to Absolon and Corbould))
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After: Charles Henry Bennett (Nos. 1087-1115 (many with monogram; all attributed by Campbell Dodgson, and confirmed in an illustrated title page that is part of the series))
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After: Edward Henry Corbould (Nos. 203-8, 1407, 1408(?)-14(?), 1641, 1645 (some with signature or monogram; all attributed by Campbell Dodgson; the queried series are shared between Corbould and Absolon))
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After: Edward Duncan (Nos. 1152, 1192 (both with signature, and attributed by Campbell Dodgson))
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After: John Everett Millais (Nos. 212-3, 220, 491, 606, 817, 934, 992, 1635 (most with monogram; all attributed by Campbell Dodgson))
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After: Sir John Tenniel (Nos. 252-941 (most with monogram, and all attributed on original title-page))
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After: Johann Baptist Zwecker (Nos. 5-7, 796-801, 827-8, 919, 935-42, 951-4, 1047-54, 1143, 1150, 1183, 1438-58, 1565-72 (most with signature; all attributed by Campbell Dodgson))
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After: John Dawson Watson (Nos. 1055-1074, 1135, 1154, 1158, 1161, 1193, 1202, 1247-9, 1251-1360, 1377-80, 1415-22 (many with monogram; all attributed by Campbell Dodgson))
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After: John Leighton (Nos. 1084-5 (with monogram))
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After: Frederic Leighton, Baron Leighton (No. 794)
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After: Henry Hugh Armstead (No. 1206 (acknowledged as designer in original publication, and attributed by Campbell Dodgson))
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After: Jemima Blackburn (No. 1628 (with monogram, and attributed by Campbell Dodgson))
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After: William Stephen Coleman (Nos. 920-7, 1207-44 (many with signature; all attributed by Campbell Dodgson))
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After: George Du Maurier (No. 1644 (with signature and attributed by Campbell Dodgson))
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After: Edmund Fitzpatrick (Nos. 769, 908-18, 1245-6 (most with signature; all attributed by Campbell Dodgson))
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After: William Holman Hunt (No. 214 (with monogram))
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After: Percy William Justyne (Nos. 692-717 (many with monogram, one with signature; all attributed by Campbell Dodgson))
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After: Richard Principal Leitch (Nos. 1145, 1160 (both with monogram, and attributed by Campbell Dodgson))
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After: Kenny Meadows (No. 1632 (with monogram, and attributed by Campbell Dodgson))
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After: R Pheney (Nos. 763-8, 1186, 1200 (many with signature; all attributed by Campbell Dodgson))
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After: Samuel Read (Nos. 1194, 1201 (both with signature and attributed by Campbell Dodgson))
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After: John Sleigh (No. 1199 (with monogram and attributed by Campbell Dodgson, though with variant spelling))
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Published by: A & C Black (Nos. 1-4, 57-60, 592-5, 792-3, 821-2)
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Published by: James Blackwood (Nos. 79-86)
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Published by: Routledge (Nos. 245-251(?), 1250-1360)
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After: Matthew James Lawless (No. 1086 (with monogram))
- Production date
- 1860
- Curator's comments
- Catalogued by Bethan Stevens (University of Sussex) in partnership with the British Museum and the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC); digital photography by Sylph Editions, London (www.sylpheditions.com).
At the front of the volume is a handwritten list of artists linked to several of the prints. The handwriting has been identified as Campbell Dodgson's, after comparison with the bound volume 'Specimens of Handwriting', held in the British Museum Print Room. Where no comments are given after the names of producers, evidence is clear and has been verified (e.g. signed print, publication details, etc.). An overview of the album has been offered here, but it would be possible to identify more publications and artists on inspection and with further research.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1913
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1913,0415.174
