Chapter I: Front Matter

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 Process block by Hentschel, from a pen
GREIFFENHAGEN 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, Pen drawing; block by Carl Hentschel.
BT. 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 Process block, by Clarke, from original
ROSSETTI 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. Engravings from the "Contes
MEISSONIER 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, Wood-engravings, by Dalziel, from
BT. "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 Process block, unsigned, from pen
PARTRIDGE 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,"}
Page 25,} _for_ "1838,"} _read_ "1836."

*** I have seen four different dates given for the book.

Page 25, _for_ "1842," _read_ "1840."

Page 32,}
Page 69,} _for_ "Pannemacker," _read_ "Pannemaker."

Page 52, _for_ "Lavoignal," _read_ "Lavoignat."

Page 112, _for_ "Sydney P. Hall," _read_ "Sidney."

" " _for_ "pen" _read_ "pencil."