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Title: Modern Illustration
Author: Joseph Pennell
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*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MODERN ILLUSTRATION ***
THE EX-LIBRIS SERIES. EDITED BY GLEESON WHITE.
MODERN ILLUSTRATION.
Modern Illustration
by Joseph Pennell, author of
"Pen Drawing and Pen
Draughtsmen," etc.
London: George Bell & Sons, York Street,
Covent Garden, & New York. Mdcccxcv
CHISWICK PRESS:—CHARLES WHITTINGHAM AND CO.
TOOKS COURT, CHANCERY LANE, LONDON.
CONTENTS.
| CHAP. | PAGE | |
| Index of Illustrations | vii | |
| Prefatory Chapter | xiii | |
| Introduction | 1 | |
| I. | A General Survey | 9 |
| II. | The Methods of To-day, their Origin and Development | 33 |
| III. | French Illustration | 50 |
| IV. | Illustration in Germany, Spain, and other Countries | 70 |
| V. | English Illustration | 81 |
| VI. | American Illustration | 113 |
| VII. | Conclusion | 131 |
*** The Publishers take this opportunity to thank especially the following owners of copyrights of various drawings for their kind permission to reproduce them here:—The editors of "The Daily Chronicle," "Good Words," "Sunday Magazine," "The Studio," "The Century Magazine," and "Scribner's Magazine"; Messrs. Chapman and Hall, H. Grevel and Co., Harper and Brothers, C. Kegan Paul and Co., Thomas Murby, and Ward, Lock and Bowden.
INDEX OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
The full page engravings are indexed with the number of the page nearest to them.
| ARTIST | ENGRAVER AND SOURCE | PAGE |
| Fred. Walker | From an original drawing on the wood in the South Kensington Museum. Process block by C. Hentschel | Frontispiece |
| " " | Process block by Hentschel, from a drawing in wash and pencil | 95 |
| Boutet De Monvel | Process block from "St. Nicolas," the French | xiii |
| " " | From "Jeanne d'Arc," by Hentschel | 65 |
| W. W. Russell | Process block by Hentschel, from a pen drawing in "The Daily Chronicle" | xiv |
| Maurice Greiffenhagen | Process block by Hentschel, from a pen drawing in "The Daily Chronicle" | xvi |
| E. J. Sullivan | Process block by Hentschel, from a pen drawing in "The Daily Chronicle" | xx |
| J. McNeil Whistler | From Thornbury's "Legendary Ballads" wood-engraving by J. Swain | xxii |
| A. S. Hartrick | Process block by Hentschel, from a pen drawing in "The Daily Chronicle" | xxv |
| John Constable | From a pencil drawing, process block unsigned | 1 |
| Unknown | "St. Christopher," from a woodcut, 1423 | 6 |
| Sir E. Burne-Jones, Bt. | Pen drawing; block by Carl Hentschel. From "The Daily Chronicle" | 6 |
| " " | Process block by Art Reproduction Co., from original drawing for Gatty's "Parables" | 44 |
| Thomas Bewick | Wood-engraving from Walton's "Angler" | 9 |
| David Wilkie | Process block by Carl Hentschel, from a pen drawing | 9 |
| The Linnells | Drawings on wood, and engravings from National Gallery Handbook | 10, 11 |
| Thomas Stothard | Process block by Carl Hentschel, from an unpublished pen and wash drawing | 10 |
| " " | Wood-engravings by L. Clennell | 12, 13 |
| William Harvey | Wood-engravings by Thompson, from Milton's Works, etc. | 15, 16 |
| " " | Original drawing on wood; process, unsigned | 17 |
| " " | Wood-engraving after B. R. Haydon, detail of "Dentatus," process block from it by Dellagana | 49 |
| John Thurston | Wood-engravings, unsigned, from Butler's "Hudibras," Tasso, etc. | 19, 21 |
| George Cruikshank | Engravings by S. and T. Williams and others unsigned, from "Three Courses," "Table Book," | 22, 23, 25 |
| Dante Gabriel Rossetti | Process block, by Clarke, from original unpublished pen drawing | 27 |
| " " " | Wood-engraving, by Dalziel, from "Tennyson's Poems" | 27 |
| Birket Foster | Wood-engraving from Longfellow's Works, etc., by Dalziel, Vizetelly, etc. | 26-29 |
| " " | Process block from an original drawing on wood | 28 |
| Harrison Weir | Two wood-engravings from "Poetry for Schools" by A. Slader | 30 |
| " " | Original wash drawing on wood, process block unsigned | 31 |
| A. Cooper | Engraved by M. Jackson, for Walton's "Angler" | 32 |
| Randolph Caldecott | Engraved by J. D. Cooper; from "Old Christmas" | 33 |
| " " | From the "Elegy on a Mad Dog," wood engraving, unsigned | 83 |
| " " | From "Bracebridge Hall," wood-engraving, unsigned | 86 |
| Charles Keene | Original unpublished pen drawings, blocks by Clarke and Dellagana | 34, 36 |
| M. E. Edwards | Wood-engraving from Gatty's "Parables," by Harral | 38 |
| G. du Maurier | Wood-engraving by J. D. Cooper | 40 |
| " " | Process blocks, from pen drawings for "Trilby" | 102, 103 |
| Arthur Hughes | Wood-engraving from Hake's "Parables," unsigned | 41 |
| Walter Crane | Process block by Carl Hentschel, from wood-engraving printed in colours, "Beauty and the Beast" | 46 |
| Kate Greenaway | Key-block for wood-engraving in colour, by Edmund Evans | 48 |
| E. Isabey | Process block by Dellagana, after wood-engraving by Slader, from "Paul and Virginia" | 50 |
| "Gavarni" | Process block by Dellagana, after wood-engraving, unsigned, from "Parisians by themselves" | 51 |
| J. M. L. E. Meissonier | Engravings from the "Contes Remois" | 52, 57 |
| Jean Gigoux | Process block, unsigned, from wood-engraving from "Gil Blas" | 53 |
| Jules Jacquemart | Pen drawings, reproduced by C. Gillot, from "The History of Furniture" | 55, 56, 64 |
| A. de Neuville | Wood-engraving by Farlet from "Coups de Fusil" | 59 |
| Gustave Doré | Wood-engraving by Brunier, from "Spain" | 58 |
| " " | Process block by Dellagana, from a lithograph | 60 |
| D. Vierge | Pen drawing, process by Gillot, from "Pablo de Ségovie" | 60 |
| Louis Morin | Pen drawing, process, unsigned, from "L'Art et l'Idée" | 62, 63 |
| Carlos Schwæbe | Pen drawing, process, unsigned, from Zola's "Le Rêve" | 62 |
| E. Grasset | Pen drawing, process by Hare, from "Quatre Fils Aymon" | 63 |
| J. F. Raffaëlli | Pen drawing, process, unsigned, from "Paris Illustré" | 64 |
| H. Ibels | Pen drawing, process, unsigned, from "L'Art du Rire" | 65, 66 |
| Steinlen | Chalk drawings, two process blocks, by Carl Hentschel, from "Gil Blas" | 66 |
| A. Willette | Pen drawing, process, unsigned, from "Les Pierrots" | 66, 68 |
| Caran D'Ache | Pen drawing, process, unsigned, "Album Caran D'Ache" | 67 |
| A. Robida | Pen drawing, process, unsigned, from "Journal d'un vieux garçon" | 67 |
| J. L. Forain | Pen drawing, process, unsigned, from "La Comédie Parisienne" | 68 |
| P. Renouard | Wood-engraving, unsigned, from chalk drawing in "The Graphic" | 68 |
| M. Lalanne | From pencil drawing, process block by Clarke | 70 |
| Martin Rico | From a pen drawing, process by Dellagana | 70 |
| Hans Tegner | Unsigned process, from an original pen drawing | 72 |
| " " | Pen drawing, from Holberg's "Comedies," wood (?) unsigned | 73 |
| Adolph Menzel | Process block by Hentschel, from unpublished drawing | 73 |
| F. Goya | Process by Dellagana, from etchings in "Caprices" | 74, 78 |
| " | From a chalk drawing in the British Museum, process unsigned | 74 |
| M. Fortuny | Process, unsigned, from a pen drawing | 74 |
| Joseph Sattler | Process, unsigned, from a pen drawing, "The Dance of Death" | 74 |
| G. De Nittis | Process, unsigned, from wash and brush, "Paris Illustré" | 76 |
| W. Busch | Process, unsigned, from pen drawing, "Balduin Bahlamm" | 77 |
| A. Rethel | Wood-engraving, by Burkner, "Death the Friend," process reduction | 78 |
| H. Schlittgen | Process, unsigned, from pen drawing, "Ein erster und ein letzter Ball" | 78 |
| Franz Stück | Process, unsigned, from painting, "Franz Stück Album" | 79 |
| J. Garcia y Ramos | Process, unsigned, from pen and wash drawing | 79 |
| W. L. Wyllie | Process, unsigned, pen drawing, "Magazine of Art" | 80 |
| J. W. North | From a drawing on wood; block by Dellagana | 81 |
| Hugh Thomson | Process, unsigned, pen drawing from "Our Village" | 82 |
| J. M. W. Turner | Process by Dellagana, from Rogers' "Italy" | 85 |
| E. Griset | Wood-engraving, unsigned from Hood's "Comic Annual" | 87 |
| Sir J. E. Millais, Bt. | Wood-engravings, by Dalziel, from "Good Words" | 88, 90 |
| A. Boyd Houghton | Wood-engraving, by Dalziel, from Dalziel's "Arabian Nights" | 92 |
| " " | Wood-engraving, by Dalziel, from Dalziel's "Arabian Nights" | 92 |
| G. J. Pinwell | Process by Hentschel, from drawing on wood for Goldsmith's Works | 93 |
| " " | Process by Hentschel, from drawing on wood for Goldsmith's Works | 94 |
| Charles Green | Unknown | 94 |
| F. Sandys | Wood-engraving by Swain, from Thornbury's "Legendary Ballads" | 96 |
| F. Shields | Wood-engraving, unsigned, from Defoe's "History of the Plague" | 98 |
| J. Mahoney | Process block, from wood-engraving in "The Sunday Magazine" | 100 |
| J. F. Sullivan | Wood-engraving, unsigned, from Hood's "Comic Annual" | 100 |
| Sir John Tenniel | Engraved on wood by H. Harral, from Gatty's "Parables" | 102 |
| Linley Sambourne | Engraved by H. Swain, from Kingsley's "Water Babies" | 102 |
| W. G. Baxter | Process, unsigned, from pen drawing in "Ally Sloper's Cartoons" | 103 |
| Phil May | Process, unsigned, from pen drawing in "The Graphic" | 103 |
| W. Small | Engraving on wood by Lacour, from "Cassell's Magazine" | 104, 105 |
| R. Anning Bell | Process block by Hare, from a pen drawing | 105 |
| J. Bernard Partridge | Process block, unsigned, from pen drawing in "Proverbs in Porcelain" | 106 |
| W. Holman Hunt | Engraving on wood by Harral, from Gatty's "Parables" | 106 |
| E. H. New | Process block, from pen drawing in "The Quest" | 107 |
| Winifred Smith | Process block, unsigned, from pen drawing in "Singing Games" | 107 |
| Alfred Parsons | Wood-engraving by J. D. Cooper, from "The English Illustrated Magazine" | 107 |
| " " | Process block by Hentschel, from "The Daily Chronicle" | 109 |
| Sir George Reid | Wash drawing, engraving on wood, unsigned, from "A Scotch Naturalist" | 108 |
| W. Paget | Wash drawing, process, by Andre and Sleigh, from "Cassell's Magazine" | 109 |
| L. Raven-Hill | Process, unsigned, from pen drawings in "The Butterfly" | 110, 111 |
| Edgar Wilson | Process, unsigned, from "The Unicorn" | 111 |
| C. E. Mallows | Process, from a pencil drawing in "The Builder" | 111 |
| R. Caton Woodville | Process from a wood-engraving, in "The Illustrated London News" | 112 |
| Sidney P. Hall | Wood-engraving from pencil drawing in "The Graphic" | 112 |
| Aubrey Beardsley | Process block by Clarke, from a pen drawing | 113 |
| T. Walter Wilson | Process reduction, from "The Illustrated London News" | 113 |
| F. S. Church | Process reduction, from "The Continent" | 113 |
| C. S. Reinhart | Wood-engraving by H. Davidson, from "The Century Magazine" | 114 |
| Walter Shirlaw | Process block, unsigned, from charcoal drawing in "The Century Magazine" | 116 |
| Howard Pyle | Process block, unsigned, from pen drawing for "Wonderful One Hoss Shay" | 118, 120 |
| " " | Wood-engraving, unsigned, from wash drawing in "The Century Magazine" | 119 |
| Alfred Brennan | Process, unsigned, from pen drawing in "The Continent" | 121 |
| A. B. Frost | Process, unsigned, from pen drawing in "Stuff and Nonsense" | 122, 123 |
| E. A. Abbey | Process, unsigned, from pen drawing in "Harper's Magazine" | 124 |
| " " | Wood-engraving, unsigned, from Austin Dobson's Poems | 124 |
| C. D. Gibson | Process, unsigned, from pen drawing in "The Century Magazine" | 125 |
| Oliver Herford | Process, unsigned, from pen drawing in "Fables" | 125 |
| Robert Blum | Process, unsigned, from pen drawing in "Scribner's Magazine" | 126 |
| " " | Process, unsigned, from chalk drawings in "Scribner's Magazine" | 129 |
| Childe Hassam | Process, unsigned, from pen drawing in "The Commercial Advertiser" | 126 |
| Hopkinson Smith | Process, unsigned, from chalk drawing in "The Century Magazine" | 126 |
| Frederic Remington | Process, unsigned, from pen drawing in "The Century Magazine" | 128 |
| R. Birch | Process, unsigned, from pen drawing in "Little Lord Fauntleroy" | 129 |
| T. Cole | Wood-engraving after W. M. Chase, from "The Century Magazine" | 129 |
| S. Parrish | Process, unsigned, from "The Continent" | 130 |
| Gilbert Gaul | Wood-engraving, unsigned, from "The Century Magazine" | 130 |
| Selwyn Image | Process, unsigned, from "The Fitzroy Pictures" | 131 |
| Heywood Sumner | Process, unsigned, from "The Fitzroy Pictures" | 131 |
| A. J. Gaskin | Process, unsigned, from pen drawing in "Old Fairy Tales" | 132 |
| Laurence Housman | Process, unsigned, from pen drawing in "A Farm in Fairyland" | 133 |
| T. Cotman | Process reproduction by Dellagana, from "Architectural Antiquities of Normandy" | 134 |
ERRATA.
| Page xv, for "T. W. Russell," read "W. W. Russell." | |||
| Page 20, | } | for "1835," | } read "1836." |
| Page 25, | for "1838," | ||
| *** I have seen four different dates given for the book. | |||
| Page 25, for "1842," read "1840." | |||
| Page 32, | } for "Pannemacker," read "Pannemaker." | ||
| Page 69, | |||
| Page 52, for "Lavoignal," read "Lavoignat." | |||
| Page 112, for "Sydney P. Hall," read "Sidney." | |||
| " " for "pen" read "pencil." | |||
PREFACE.
BY BOUTET DE MONVEL. FROM
“ST. NICOLAS” (DELEGRAVE).
This book is the result of a request, made to me by the editor of the Ex-Libris Series, that I should write for him something about the Illustration of to-day.
The idea, I must acknowledge, and I am glad to do so, is his, not mine. To the editor also I am indebted for much help, especially in the matter of the illustrations which the book contains; in fact, if he has not selected and chosen them all, he has performed the more difficult and thankless task of obtaining them. Only one who has gone through the drudgery of finding drawings or blocks, in magazine, book, museum, artist's studio, or collector's portfolio, and then of getting the permission of editor, publisher, curator, artist, or amateur, to use or reproduce them, knows what this means. I know from past experience, and I was therefore only too glad to shirk the work when I found Mr. Gleeson White willing to undertake it. I doubt, however, if he will ever again attempt such a task. For the appearance of the illustrations in the book he deserves the credit; for much advice and many suggestions of great value, as well as to the articles he has written, and the lectures he has delivered, on this subject, I am greatly indebted.