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Pictures from A Record Of Work – 1840 – 1890 by The Brothers Dalziel (London, 1901).

There were eight Dalziel brothers: William Dalziel (the eldest) whose art work was chiefly devoted to heraldic and occasional ornamental decoration for manuscript work, and was also a still-life painter; Robert Dalziel, a portrait painter; Alexander Dalziel a draughtsman, who died of consumption at the age of 23; George Dalziel, a pupil of Charles Gray (an engraver on wood); Edward Dalziel (1817 – 1905), who joined his younger brother George; John Dalziel, who was also an egraver, but who also died young; Thomas Dalziel (1823-1906), who was trained in copperplate engraving, but who later joined George and Edward in engraving on wood; The youngest, Davison Dalziel, “applied himself very successfully to commerce.”

The book is primarily by George and Edward Dalziel.

Cleopatra

Cleopatra

A Record of Fifty Years’ Work (1901)

A Pre-Rapaelite drawing showing Cleopatra with some round-breasted topless women, presumably slaves or attendants, standing behind her with musical instruments. Incense burns in the foreground, and a [...]

Keywords: people, women, slaves, music, musical instruments

Places shown: none

Added: 2008-10-04

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

The Old year and the New

The Old year and the New

A Record of Fifty Years’ Work (1901)

A jester crowns the new year as a young woman, and ushers out the old year, an old woman. This picture was obviously made for the end of 1866 and the start of 1867; it is dated 1867 in the text. It w [...]

Keywords: comics, drawings, people, new year, jesters, women, people

Places shown: none

Added: 2008-12-23

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

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