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Good Words (page 1/2)

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Images and extracts from “Good Words” Magazine collected edition for 1863. The magazine was edited by Norman Magazine, D.D., and illustrated by J. E. Millais, John Tenniel, J. D. Watson, T. Morten, F. Sandys, John Pettie, and others.

The title page has a Victorian border with twigs and grapes and vines engraved by the Dalziel Brothers Ltd.

See also the 1865 volume.

Title: Good Words

Author: Various

Published by: Alexander Strahan & Co.

City: London

Date: 1862

Total items: 3

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: Reconciled]

Reconciled

A man in a bowler hat and jacket is giving a plucked flower to a lady with a long billowing dress. They are in the garden [US: lawn or yard] of a house; in the porch we see two faces looking on. [more...] [$]

[picture: Queen Dagmar of Denmark]

Queen Dagmar of Denmark

This illustration by John Tenniel, engraved at the studio of the Dalziel brothers, shows the Margrethe Dagmar and the groom, King Waldemar Seier (the Victorious), of Denmark, in the year 1206 C.E. [more...] [$]

[picture: An Orphan Family’s Christmas]

An Orphan Family’s Christmas

This picture, by Thomas Morten, was engraved by the Brothers Dalziel. It shows a woman and two children sitting near a lit fireplace, their heavy clothing suggesting the house is not warm. One child holds a sprig of [...] [more...] [$]


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