Record of Fifty Years’ Work, A (page 1/3)

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[picture: Front Cover, The Brothers Dalziel]

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.

This book is online on archive.org although, as usual, the images there are of poor quality.

Title: Record of Fifty Years’ Work, A

Author: Dalziel, the Brothers

Published by: Methuen and Co.

City: London

Date: 1901

Total items: 19

Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.

Some sample images

[picture: Cleopatra]

Cleopatra

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[picture: Lear Fantastically Dressed with Flowers]

Lear Fantastically Dressed with Flowers

By Sir John Gilbert, R.A., P.R.W.S., By permission of Messrs. George Routledge & Sons. [more...] [$]

[picture: Cain and Abel.]

Cain and Abel.

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[picture: Lady of Castle Windeck]

Lady of Castle Windeck

“Messrs. D. Appleton, of New York, requested us to provide a set of illustrations to the Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant. They wished for a large number by Birket Foster, who at that time was at the very height of his popularity for black and white work. Out of something like one hundred pictures he gave us thirty-six, all of which are beautiful [...] [more...] [$]

[picture: The Song of Bethlehem]

The Song of Bethlehem

“On wheels of light, on wings of flame,
The glorious hosts of Zion came.” [more...] [$]


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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.

This book is online on archive.org although, as usual, the images there are of poor quality.


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