Woodcuts from Designs by Various Artists, Collected by Arthur Heseltine, 1873

Various artists/makers

Not on view

This album of wood engravings, clipped from London periodicals, was assembled in 1873 by the artist and etcher Arthur Heseltine. Born in England, the latter lived for a time in Bourron-Marlotte, near the forest of Fountainebleau in France, and later in Glasgow. The album was left to the Metropolitan Museum by William Lieberman, chairman of the Department of 20th Century Art.

(1): G.J. Pinwell / J. Swain, 'A Seat in the Park,' from "Once a Week," June 26, 1869, p. 518; clipped title pasted below: "A Seat in the Park by G. J. Pinwell"; in block: "GJP / Swain sc.", 10.8 x 18.3 cm. (seated close together on a bench are a soldier, a woman, a man with a cane, and a mother next to her son who leans on the bench; the latter pair are musicians and hold a violin and tambourine. In front of these are a girl with a toddler in a pram. Other figures are shown behind near the park entrance, with a fence, lampposts and trees in the background).

(2): B. Bradley, 'Experientia Docet, or the Pleasures of Farming,' illustrating a poem by A. C. W., from "Once a Week," November 10, 1866, p. 532 ; in block: "B. Bradley"; 15.6 x 11.1 cm (a man smokes a pipe while lying under a tree with a book, harvesters in the distance).

(3): G. Du Maurier, Illustration to 'Eleanor’s Victory,' by Mary Elizabeth Braddon, from "Once a Week," May 2, 1863, p. 519; inscribed in ink: "G. Du Maurier" (A man seated on a chair in a garden, two women at left, one sewing, one seated on the ground with a book).

(4) W. Small / J. Swain, Illustration to 'The Prize Maiden, Chapter 2,' from "Once a Week," November 10, 1866, p. 519; in block: "W. Small / Swain"; 15.1 x 11.2 cm (related text (p. 522) describes the subject as from a German folktale; the image shows three young women from Magdeburg removing their masks before judges. One will be chosen to receive a golden cup and dowry for which young men will compete, she is Gabriella Edelberg, shown at center; the text is by Fraxinus).

(5): F. Walker / J. Swain, Illustration to 'The Prodigal Son, Chapter 2,' by Edward Dutton Cook, from "Once a Week," April 19, 1862, p. 477; in block: "F. W. / Swain"; 12.8 x 12.7 cm (a woman seated at a cloth-covered table reads from a paper to another woman, seated on a low stool at right, sewing).

(6): G. Du Maurier, Illustration to 'Eleanor's Victory, Chapter 35,' by Mary Elizabeth Braddon, from "Once a Week," July 11, 1863, p. 71; in block: "DM"; 14.4 x 11.1 cm (men and women seated around a dinner table with a waiter standing at right; the related chapter is titled: "What Happened at Windsor").

(7): G. Du. Maurier / J. Swain, Illustration to ‘Santa; or, a Woman’s Tragedy, Chapter 5,' by Isa Blagden, from "Once a Week," September 13, 1862, p. 309; in block: "Swain"; 11.3 x 12.7 cm (next to an open window, a woman holds a girl on her lap to look at a book, as a man at right rests in a chair, holding a crutch, his foot propped up near an open book; related text begins "For ten years I lived with the Chanoinesse Landsberg. My life was so monotonous as could well be conceived….Both pride and inclination prevented me from making any steps to return to my husband…").

(8): E.J. Poynter, 'The Broken Vow,' illustrating a poem by B.S. Montgomery, from "Once a Week," September 13, 1862, p. 322; 11.3 x 12.7 cm; in ink: "E. J. Poynter" (a woman lies in bed and looks up at a man wearing a kilt who stands next to her, and holds her hand).

(9): G.J. Pinwell, 'Not a Ripple on the Sea,' from "Once a Week," July 11, 1863, p. 57; in block: "G. J. Pinwell"; 14.8 x 11 cm (a man in city clothes sits at left by an open doorway and talks to an old woman, with a view of a shoreline seen through the door; related text describes a man visiting Orbec in Normandie and being told the story of an 18th-century woman’s vision of her husband and sons being lost at sea, long before the news of the event was received).

(10): Holman Hunt / J. Swain, 'At Night,' from "Once a Week," July 21, 1860, p. 102; in block: WHH / Swain sc."; 7.7 x 12.5 cm (a young man embraces a dying woman who lies in bed; illustrates an unsigned poem).

(11): G. Du Maurier / J. Swain, Illustration to 'Santa; or, a Women’s Tragedy, Chapter 4' from "Once a Week," by Isa Blagden, September 2, 1862, p. 281; in block: Swain Sc"; 12.7 x 9.9 cm (near a small altar, a nun kisses a young woman on the forehead; text begins: "I will tell you my history…and you shall judge me…").

(12): E. Duncan / J. Swain, 'Among the Breakers,' in block: "Swain"; clipped text pasted below: "Among the Breakers - By E. Duncan"; 11.8 x 16.8 cm (a sailing ship in a gale, threatened by rocks at right).

(13): C. Keene, 'News from Australia–Verner’s Pride, Chapter 21,’ illustrating a story by Ellen Wood, from "Once a Week," September 6, 1862, p. 295; in ink: "C. Keene"; 13 x 10 cm (in an interior, a young woman sits at a piano, turns to look at a standing young man at right who carries a cane and has taken off his hat).

(14): F. Walker / J. Swain / Keefe, Illustration to 'The Settlers of Long Arrow: A Canadian Romance in Thirty-One Chapters,' by Louisa Murray, from "Once a Week," October 12, 1861, p. 421; in block: "Swain sc."; in ink: "F. Walker"; 12.3 x 12.2. cm (a boy wades out of the sea next to fishing boats).

(15): Alfred Cooper / J. Swain, Illustration to 'Plucky Dick Pluckless,' by Charles Temple [Rev. E. Eliot], from "Once a Week," May 2, 1863, p. 530; in block: "AWC / Swain sc."; inscribed in ink: "Alfred Cooper"; 15.2 x 11 cm (the driver of a runaway hearse struggles to control the horses, the first one of which has fallen; the horses wear dark feathers on their heads and are blinkered).

(16): 'Pilgrims to Fusi-hama,' (Fac-simile)–Japanese Fragments,' by Captain Sherard Osborn, R.N., from "Once a Week," July 7, 1860, p. 36; title printed below; 13.2 x 12.4 cm (a line of men climb the cliffs of Mount Fuji, walking in a line and helping one another to negotiate the steep terrain).

(17): 'Travellers. First view of Fusi-hama–Japanese Fragments,' by Captain Sherard Osborn, R.N., from "Once a Week," July 7, 1860, p. 34; title printed below; 10.7 x 12.4 cm (a group of men react in awe and reverence, looking at Mount Fuji which fills the background, one man holds a brush over a sketchbook).

(18): John Leech, 'Coach-Trees,' from "Once a Week," July 21, 1860, p. 98; title printed below; in ink: "John Leech"; 13.4 x 8.9 cm (illustrates text, p. 101; a student from the Charter House School is seated high in a tree looking out over the adjacent street).

(19): John Leech / J. Swain, Illustration to 'The London Season,' from "Once a Week," July 7, 1860, p. 43; in block: "Swain"; in ink: "John Leech"; 13 x 13.2 cm (an incident at a "Fancy Fair" stand, at Strawberry Lodge, Twickenham, held to benefit a "Home for Indigent Governesses." Related text, pp. 37-44) is signed by Gamma. The image shows a stout Archdeacon buying a paper fly-trap from a young woman who claims that she can’t give change for a sovereign; his annoyed wife stands at right with two children and two well-dressed gentlemen at right).

(20): B. Bradley / J. Swain, 'Evening–A Country Story,' from "Once a Week," July 28, 1866, opp. p. 97; in block: "BB" / "Swain"; printed text clipped and pasted below: "Evening -- By B. Bradley [see p. 97]"; 11.3 x 17.5 cm (Nancy leans on a gate at left watching Jack who is rides one horse and leads another; he is accompanied by a dog and there are ducks by the horse’s feet).

(21): G. Du Maurier, 'Monsieur the Governor,' from "Once a Week," October 12, 1861, p. 445; in ink: "G. Du Maurier"; 12.8 x 10.8 cm (an elderly well-to-do gentleman and his young wife enter a door marked Salle a Manger, greeted by a man who bows. An annoyed diner sits at left).

(22): G. Du Maurier, 'A Warning to Enamoured Curates,' [unidentified source], in block: "DM"; title and caption printed below: Young Lady: "And so Adam was very Happy! Now, can you tell me what great sorrow fell on him?" / Scholar: "Please Miss, he got a Wife!"; 13.2 x 17.6 cm (in a school room, a girl dressed in a pinafore stands before a seated curate and well-dressed woman).

(23): J. E. Millais, 'Travelling for Pleasure in Merry England: The Hampdens–A Historiette, Chapter 4,' illustrating a story by Harriet Martineau, from "Once a Week," February 28, 1863, p. 267; in block: "JEM"; in ink: "J.E. Millais"; 11.2.12.7 cm (17th century scene outside a house, a mother holds a child, and is surrounded by three more, as a lady on horseback approaches).

(24): J. E. Millais, 'Farmer Chell’s Kitchen–The Anglers of the Dove,’ illustrating a story by Harriet Martineau, from "Once a Week," July 19, 1862, p. 85; in ink: "J.E. Millais R.A."; 11.2 x 12.4 cm (in a rural kitchen where sheep sleep at left, a young woman wearing a headscarf leans over an old-fashioned cradle to hold a baby's hand; she is watched by a standing woman who holds a tray. A man stands in the right background; based on a watercolor now Birmingham Museum, UK; related story is set in Buxton Baths, 1568).

(25): F. Walker / J. Swain, 'The Magnolia–London, with Cotton,' illustrating a story by Archibald Stewart Harrison, from "Once a Week," March 2, 1861, p. 267; in block: "Swain sc."; 13.2 x 20.4 cm (a woman holds a pistol in a boat with two men at the oars).

(26): L. Fildes / J. Swain, 'The Orchard,' from "Once a Week," May 2, 1868, p. 396; in block: "Swain / SLE"; title printed below; 18.4 x 12.5 cm (two boys on a horse set out across a stream, leading another horse, watched by a woman on the bank with geese, an orchard beyond with two figures picking fruit, and a house).

(27): F. Walker, 'The Prodigal Son,' from "Once a Week," July 12, 1862, p. 57; in block: "Swain Sc."; in ink: "F. Walker, A.R.A."; 11.5 x 12.5 cm (in an interior, a woman embraces and consoles a standing man, as another stands at left holding a paper. Curtains behind, a chair at left and a sofa at right).

(28): F. Walker / J. Swain, Illustration to ‘The Settlers of Long Arrow: A Canadian Romance in Thirty-One Chapters,' by Louisa Anne Murray, from "Once a Week," December 14, 1861, p. 673; in block: "FW / Swain"; 11.4 x 9.3 cm (two men by a fire, one kneels and holds a cross on a chain by a fire, the other stands with his hand to his cheek).

(29): G. Du Maurier / J. Swain, Illustration to ‘Eleanor’s Victory, Chapter 27' by Mary Elizabeth Braddon, from "Once a Week," June 13, 1863, p. 687; in block: "Swain sc."; in ink: "G. Du Maurier"; 14.6 x 11.4 cm (in a park, a woman holds the arm of a man in top hat and a frock coat as they watch another couple at left; chapter is titled: "Slow Fires" and begins: "The new life which began for Eleanor Monckton at Tolldale Priory seemed very strange to her).

(30): S. L. Fildes / J. Swain, 'Hours of Idleness,' from "Once a Week," June 12, 1869, p. 475; in block: "SLF / Swain sc."; title and artist clipped and pasted below; 11.8 x 18.3 cm (two youths and two girls relax in a rowboat. At left one man rests the oars, to his right another plays a lute, a girl next to him stands and holding steering ropes, and at right a second girl feeds a swan).

(31): F. Walker, Illustration to ‘The Settlers of Long Arrow: A Canadian Romance in Thirty-One Chapters,' by Louisa Anne Murray, from "Once a Week," December 7, 1861, p. 645; in ink: "F. Walker A.R.A." ; 12.8 x 7.3 cm (outside a house, a woman leans on a windowsill and looks into a lit interior).

(32) G. J. Pinwell / J. Swain, 'A Pastoral,' illustrating a poem by A. J. Munby, from "Once a Week," April 23, 1864, p. 490; in block: GJP / Swain sc."; 15.2 x 11.2 cm (In the countryside, man in a long waistcoat, sits on a wall, his recorder on the ground, he holds a long stemmed pipe, leans back and looks intently at a shepherdess whose crook is laden with flowers; set in the 18th century; poem pp. 489-90, begins "I sat with Doris, the shepherd-maiden; / Her crook was laden with wreathed flowers; / I sat and woo’d her, through sunlight wheeling, / And shadows stealing, for hours and hours’).

(33): G. Du Maurier, Illustration to 'Eleanor’s Victory,' Chapter 43, by Mary Elizabeth Braddon, from "Once a Week," August 8, 1863, p. 183; in ink: "G. Du Maurier"; 14.2 x 11 cm (a night time subject out of doors, with a woman wearing a checked shawl seen hiding behind a bush at left to watches two men lit by a lantern; related chapter titled: "A Brief Victory").

(34): G. J. Pinwell / J. Swain, 'Tidings,' illustration to a poem translated by B.J. from the German of Grün, from "Once a Week," June 13, 1863, p. 700; in block: "GJPinwell / Swain"; 14.8 x 11.4 cm (a mounted knight carrying a shield and banner, looks down at an old man; a landscape at right; poem pp. 669-700, begins: "From jousting homeward rides the Earl; / To meet him comes his trusty churl…."; this tells how a the knight’s son has died in a fall, his wife from grief and his hall been consumed by fire ).

(35): Charles Green, Illustration to 'Hazeley Mill, Chapter 1,’ by Louisa Crow, from "Once a Week," July 21, 1866, p. 85; in block: "Swain sc."; in ink: "Charles Green"; 15.5 x 11 cm (old woman in high backed chair greeted by a standing younger woman, watched by a man with folded arms).

(36): J. W. North / J. Swain, 'Luther’s Gardener [A.D. 1544],’ illustrating a poem by Walter Thornbury, from "Once a Week," July 29, 1866, p. 99; in block: JWN / Swain sc"; 15.6 x 11.2 cm (a man holds a large curved knife and stands next to a tree in a walled garden, a tower wall behind).

(37): G. Du Maurier, Illustration to 'Foul Play,' Chapter 42, by Charles Reade and Dion Boucicault, from "Once a Week," May 30, 1868, p. 465; in block: DM"; 11.9 x 18.7 cm (a bearded man stands at right and hangs his head, watched angrily by two women at left, one seated and one standing. Further to the left is a concerned looking older man; related text describes Helen Rolleston accusing Wylie of scuttling The Proserpine, and killing many innocent people, distressing his sweetheart Nancy, old Michael prepares to intervene).

(38): G. Du Maurier / J. Swain, 'Non Satis,' illustrating a poem by Berni [Manley Hopkins], from "Once a Week," November 17, 1860, p. 575; in block: "G. Du Maurier / Swain Sc"; 12.6 x 7.6 cm (in a garden, next to a trellised wall, and under a tree, a woman holds up her skirt and picks a flower from a rose bush; related poem: "Tis not enough to see thee, like a star/ That rises on our sight when eve is clear, / Which all may view—but all must view afar. / No! I am jealous of all senseless things / That near and touch thee—of the fluttering wind / That dallies round with fond, familiar wings, And dares to kiss thine eyes and lift the tress / From thy blue temple…/ And I could rend the flower that thou dost pluck, / And drink its odour…/ Because I want thee ALL;--and nothing less…")

(39): J. E. Milliais / J. Swain, 'Maid Avoraine,' illustrating a poem by Robert Williams Buchanan, from "Once a Week," July 19, 1862, p. 98; in block: JEM / Swain sc."; 10 x 12.8 cm (a girl disguised as a page has fallen to the ground, and is assisted by Sir Gawain, a horse behind).

(40): C. Keene / J. Swain, Illustration to 'Verner’s Pride,’ by Ellen Wood, from "Once a Week," July 12, 1862, p. 71; in block: Swain sc"; in ink: "C. Keene"; 12.8 x 10.4 cm (on the street of a village, a man wearing a top hat stands at right and watches a farmer in a smock walk away; chapter 5, titled "Dinah Roy’s ‘Ghost’" begins below the image, and is followed by chapter 6, "The Revelation at the Inquest," pp. 74-79).

(41): C. Keene, 'The Patriot Engineer,' illustrating a poem by George Meredith, from "Once a Week," December 14, 1861, p. 686; in block: "CK / Swain sc."; in ink: "C. Keene"; 12.8 x 10.3 cm (in a ferry boat men sit and stand, one has taken off his cap, a coastline is seen in the right background).

(42): M. J. Lawless, 'Fleurette,' illustrating a poem, translated by Julia Goddard from the French of Gustave Lemoine, from "Once a Week," December 14, 1861, p. 700; in block: "MJL / AD 1861 / JS"; 12.8 x 7.2 cm (a French man and woman in 17th century costume embrace out of doors).

(43): J. Wolf, 'African Elephants,' from "Once a Week," July 19, 1866, p. 111; in ink: "Wolf"; 15.5 x 11.1 cm; index identifies artist as J. Wolf.

(44): F. Walker / J. Swain, Illustration to 'The Magnolia–London, with Cotton,' by Archibald Stewart Harrison, from "Once a Week," March 2, 1861, p. 263; in block: "Swain"; in ink: "F. Walker ARA"; 13 x 11.8 cm (a man sits at a table with pipe and glass, and looks at another standing at right and wearing a top hat; a poster for steam boats is on the wall).

(45): C. Keene, 'Tom Cogglesby’s Proposition–Evan Harrington; or, He Would be a Gentleman, Chapter 28,' illustration to a story by George Meredith, from "Once a Week," July 7, 1860, p. 29; in block: "Swain sc."; in ink: "C. Keene"; 12.8 x 10.6 cm (a servant in livery stands outside a grand house and talks to a stout man, Old Tom, seated in a donkey cart; the house is Beckley Court).

(46): Charles Green / J. Swain, [unidentified illustration], in block: "CG / Swain"; 14.5 x 11.4 cm (in an interior, a seated peddler has opened his case to show a dangling fob to a man seated at right who holds a long pipe; behind a table, a standing man looks at other objects for sale; impression at BM, dated 1860-80).

(47): J. W. North / Dalziel,' Autumn Thoughts,' illustrating a German poem by Emanuel Geibel, from "Good Words," 1863, opp. p. 743; in block: "N" / "Dalziel; in ink: "J. W. North"; 18 x 11.4 cm (in a wood, a youth leans against a stone and looks at the sky; a large tree at right and field beyond).

(48): F. Sandys / Dalziel, 'Sleep,' illustration to an anonymous poem, from "Good Words," 1863, p. 589; in block: "FS"; 14.7 x 11.3 cm (a kneeling woman by a bed looks at a dying girl with an open window at left)

(49): W. Crane / Dalziel, 'The Islanders Fell Back from Them–Treasure Trove at Home and Abroad,' illustrating a story by Laura Valentine, from "Good Words," 1863, p. 796; in block "Dalziel / W. Crane 1863"; 18 x 11.4 cm (three men seated on a beach, two wear turbans, their boat behind, figures walking away at left)

(50): A. Boyd Houghton / Dalziel, 'Childhood,' illustration to an anonymous poem, from "Good Words," 1863, opp. p. 636; title printed below; in block: "Dalziel"; 17.5 x 9.7 cm (a young girl and boy hold hands over the back of a chair and prepare to kiss, the boy has a drum; there is a small dog on the floor).

(51): T. Morten, 'An Orphan Family’s Christmas,' illustration to a poem by Gerald Massey, from "Good Words," 1863, opp p. 844; in block: "T. Morten / Dalziel"; 18.3 x 11.2 cm (a woman stands and two girls sit by a fireplace, the girl at right holds holly, as a man sleeps in bed in the left background)

(52): G. J. Pinwell / Dalziel, Illustration to 'Martyn Ware’s Temptation,' a story by Ellen Price (Mrs. Henry Wood), from "Good Words," 1863, opp. p. 573; in block: GJPinwell / Dalziel"; 17.9 x 11.4 cm (a young woman stands and places money on a table, watched at right by an older woman and boy at right; text originally printed below: "The explanation was given, and the ten-pound note laid down more awkwardly than graciously").

(53): T. Graham / Dalziel, Illustration to 'The Second Mrs. Auchterlonie,' by Sarah Tytler (Henrietta Keddie), from "Good Words," 1863, opp. p.708; in block: "Dalziel sc. / T. Graham"; 11.3 x 17 cm (a woman in a dark dress stands by a door at right, opposite a girl on a davenport and two young men on a sofa. Missing text: "The both rose and made surly bows, to which Mrs. Auchterlonie responded")

(54): J. D. Watson, [unidentified illustration], in block: "J.D.W."; 18.5 x 11.5 cm (a man standing at right holds the hand of woman who turns away).

(55): W. Small / Dalziel, Illustration to 'Deliverance,' by the author of 'Citoyenne Jacqueline,' from "Once a Week," February 1, 1866, p. 126; in block: "W. Small / Dalziel"; 17.4 x 11.7 cm (a figure in a black robe kneels and buries his head in an open book placed on an eroded bank; within a rough landscape, the sea possibly shown at left).

(56), J. Pettie / Dalziel, Kalampin, 'The Negro,' illustrating a story by the Countess de Gasparin, from "Good Words," 1863, p. 477; in block: "Dalziel / J. Pettie; 17.4 x 11 cm (a Black man and girl read from an open book seated on a bed; missing text: "You might have seen the child and the old man bent over the Gospels, spelling them out, while they followed each word with their fingers").

(57): J. Pettie / Dalziel, 'A Touch of Nature–The History of a Reformatory,' from "Good Words," 1863, p. 416; in block: "Dalziel"; in ink: "J. Pettie"; 18 x 11.7 cm (a boy walks on a road behind a gypsy cart, a woman seen inside, and men walk ahead).

(58): G. J. Pinwell / J. Swain, 'Christmas Carol, 1863,' illustrating a poem by Dora Greenswell, from "Good Words," 1864, p. 30; in block: "GLP / Swain"; in ink: "G.J. Pinwell"; 10 x 12.8 cm (a family stands outside their house and give food for Christmas to the needy).

(59): G. J. Pinwell / Dalziel, 'Guild Court,' from "Good Words," 1867, opp. p. 219; in block: "Dalziel /GJP"; 11.3 x 16.4 cm (a standing young woman wearing a bonnet and cloak, watches a disconsolate girl seated at right in an office holding an open paper).

(60): J. D. Watson / Dalziel, 'The Reconciliation–A Cast in the Waggon,' illustrating a story by Sarah Tytler (pseudonym for Henrietta Keddie), from "Good Words," 1862, p. 209; in block: "JDW / Dalziel"; 19.5 x 12.3 cm (a dying artist sits next to an easel and clasps the hand of a younger man standing at left; two women stand near a window behind. Related text, pp. 210ff. tells how the artist Will Lock asked Sam Winnington to come to his deathbed and begs his pardon for misjudging him (Sam having achieved successful as a fashionable portraitist).

(61): J. Pettie / Dalziel, 'Not Above his Business,' from "Good Words," 1863, p. 273; in block: "Dalziel sc / J. Pettie"; 16.3 x 11 cm (in a barbershop, a young man rises from a haircut, the barber standing at left, other figures behind).

(62): J. E. Millais, 'Oh, the lark is singing in the sky…,' from "Good Words," 1864, p. 65; in block: JEM"; 14.5 x 11 cm (a young woman wearing a long cloak holds a watering can in a garden).

(63): J. Pettie / Dalziel, 'The Passion Flowers of Life,' by Astley M. Baldwin, from "Good Words," 1863, p. 140; in block: "J. Pettie / Dalziel"; 17.5 x 11 cm (an elderly man, seated under a bower formed of passionflower vines, cradles a sleeping child on his lap).

(64): A. Boyd Houghton, 'A Missionary Cheer,' illustrating a poem by Gerald Massey, from "Good Words," 1863, p. 549; in block: "AH / Dalziel?"; 17.8 x 11.4 cm (on the deck of a ship at night, missionaries gather around a lantern in the rain).

(65): T. Morten / Dalziel, 'The Spirit of Eld–Reminiscences of a Highland Parish, Chapter 15,’ illustrating a story by Norman Macleod, from "Good Words," 1863, opp. p. 620; in block: "Dalziel"; in ink: "T. Morten"; 17.8 x 11.3 cm (Corvan, son of Gorla serves as a cowherd while searching for his lost sister; here he carries a crook and walks through flames; trimmed text: "He followed them through the fire and not one of the hairs of his head was singed").

(66): A. Boyd Houghton / Dalziel, 'Making Poetry,' illustrating a poem by Fanny R. Havergal, from "Good Words," April 1, 1867, opp. p. 248; in block: Houghton / Dalziel"; 16.4 x 11 cm (a seated woman leans back in a chair with book, and looks at a boy writing on window seat).

(67): T. Graham / Dalziel, 'Indignation Loosened Peter’s Tongue–Peter Bahrends, the Man Who Gained by Losing' illustrating a story by the Rev. John de Liefde, from "Good Words," 1863, p. 112; in block: "Graham / Dalziel"; 17.8 x 11.5 cm (a country man enters an office and offers a paper to a lawyer (?), girls and children on the stairs at left)

(68): A. Boyd Houghton / Dalziel, 'Aladdin in Despair, Contemplates Suicide,’ an illustration from ‘Dalziel’s Arabian Nights,' 1865, p. 637; in block: "Houghton / Dalziel sc"; 17.6 x 13.2 cm (a desperate Chinese man holds his head s he stands on a cliff by the sea).

(69): R. P. Leitch, [unidentified illustration]; in block: "RPL / Linton"; 11.4 x 18 cm (a beached ship is approached by wreckers)

(70): A. B. Houghton, 'St. Elmo,' illustrating a story by Isa Craig, from "Good Words," 1863, p. 65; in block: "Dalziel /AH"; 18 x 11.5 cm (a woman and girl embrace, as a man in top hat at right grasps the hand of a bearded man, amongst a crowd).

(71): F. Walker, 'Good Samaritans–The Adventures of Philip on his Way through the World, Chapter 15,’ from "Cornhill Magazine," July 1861, p. 1; title printed below; in graphite: "F. Walker"; 18.2 x 12.8 cm (two men at a table look at a child who offers them an object, watched by a girl at right and a woman who serves tea).

(72): F. Walker / J. Swain, 'Paterfamilias: Augustua Domi–The Adventures of Philip on his Way Through the World, Chapter 35,’ from "Cornhill Magazine," May 1862, opp. p. 513; in block: "FW / Swain"; 17.8 x 11.8 cm (a man sits with his head on his hand next to the curtained bed that contains a sleeping woman)

(73): W. Small, Illustration to ‘The Woman’s Kingdom,’ Chapter 3, from "Good Words," January 1, 1868, opp. p. 13; in block: "WS"; 16.2 x 11.3 cm (a young man on the floor is supported by a kneeling woman, as another woman offers a drink).

(74): G. J. Pinwell / Dalziel, 'Stray Thoughts and Parables for Winter–Notes on the Fire,' from "Good Words," January 1, 1868, p. 47; in block: "Dalziel / GJW"; 9.3 x 6 cm (a woman with packages walks next to a boy, in winter).

(75): W. Small, ‘Heading to Chapter 1–The Woman’s Kingdom,' from "Good Words," January 1, 1868, p. 1; in block: WS"; 6.8 x 4 cm (a man walks through a windy landscape, holding a cane, the letter "O" at upper right, introduces the text: "Oh. Edna, I am So Tired!...")

(76): G. J. Pinwell / Dalziel, Illustration to 'Notes on the Fire,' from "Good Words," January 1, 1868, p. 49; in block within image, on grate: "GJP / Dalziel"; 10.2 x 12.3 cm (three woman by an open grate, the figure at left seated has dropped a ball of wool, the one at center reading, and the one at right tends the coals).

(77): A. B. Houghton / Dalziel, 'The Victim,' illustrating a poem by Alfred Tennyson, from "Good Words," January 1, 1868, opp. p. 15; in block: "AHoughton / Dalziel"; 17 x 11.3 cm (a chief druid prepares to sacrifice the king’s son, a nude boy who clings to his mother, as the queen bares her chest and prepares to take the blow instead).

(78): J. E. Millais / Dalziel, 'Over Their Wine–Orley Farm,' illustrating a story by Anthony Trollope (published as a pamphlet, 1861-62); in block: "Dalziel"; 16.5 x 10.5 cm (an older and two younger men sit at table in conversation beneath a female portrait)

(79): A. B. Houghton, 'Antoine Court–The Church in the Cevennes,' from "Good Words," January 1, 1868, p. 57; title printed below; in block: "AH"; 12.4 x 6.5 cm (man in clerical robe, walks with bowed head).

(80): A. B. Houghton / Dalziel, 'Jean Cavallier–The Church in the Cevennes,’ from "Good Words," January 1, 1868, p. 56; title printed below; in block: "Dalziel / AHoughton"; 13.3 x 6.8 cm (man holding a gun and a sword).

(81): A. B. Houghton, 'Claude Brousson–The Church in the Cevennes,' from "Good Words," January 1, 1868, p. 56; title printed below; in block: "AHoughton"; 13 x 6 cm (a man standing on a ladder with a rope around his neck, about to be hanged for his faith).

(82): J. E. Millais / Dalziel, 'Bread Sauce is So Ticklish–Orley's Farm,' illustrating a story by Anthony Trollope (published as a pamphlet, 1861-62)'; in block: "Dalziel"; in graphite: "J.E. Millais R.A."; 16.5 x 10.5 cm (a woman in black stands and talks to a man in an armchair who holds a glass).

(83): G. Du Maurier, 'The Old Corporal,’ illustrating a story by Beranger, from "Once a Week," April 16, 1864, p. 462; in block: "M"; 14 x 11 cm (an old French soldier is accompanied by two young soldiers holding rifles and bayonets as they march down a street, related poem, pp. 461-2, translated by J. F. H., indicates that this is his last march)

(84): J. E. Millais / Dalziel, 'Sir Peregrine and His Heir–Orley's Farm,' illustrating a story by Anthony Trollope (published as a pamphlet, 1861-62); in block: "JEM / Dalziel"; 15.8 x 10.4 cm (a man places his hand on the shoulder of a youth in a rich interior)

(85): H. S. Marks / J. Swain, 'Fetching the Doctor,' from "Once a Week," October 26, 1867, p. 495; in block: "Swain sc / HSM"; 16.8 x 11.8 cm (barefoot boy outside a 16th century house with an apothecary sign gestures to a well-dressed man. The related story, "The Foreign Doctor," contains "Some Extracts from the Diary of the Worshipful Doctor Johann Reichenbach")

(86): J. E. Millais / Dalziel, Illustration to 'Mistress and Maid,' Chapter 21, by Dinah Craik, from "Good Words," 1862, p. 609; in block: "JEM / Dalziel"; 15 x 11 cm (in an interior, three women sit around a table and drink from cups as one refills hers. The woman at right is dressed as a bride, and a lit candle appears at the center of the table. Related text begins: "It was not a cheerful morning on which to be married. A dense, yellow, London fog, the like of which the Misses Leaf had never yet seen, penetrated into every corner of the parlour at No. 15, where they were breakfasting drearily by candlelight, all in their wedding attire).

(87): J. E. Millais, 'The Fair Jacobite,' from "Once a Week," February 22, 1862, p. 239; in block: "JEM"; 12.5 x 11 cm] (a woman in 18th century dress, wearing a cross at her neck, sits by a table and sews an ribboned badge onto a three-cornered hat; no related text in the periodical).

(88): J. E. Millais / Dalziel, 'Mr. Chaffanbrass and Mr. Solomon Aram–Orley's Farm," illustrating a story by Anthony Trollope’s 'Orley Farm' (published as a pamphlet, 1861-62); in block: "JEM / Dalziel"; 17.1 x 10.5 cm] (a man lies on a sofa and converses jovially with another who sits in a chair at right)

(89): C. Keene, 'The Mysterious Supper Party,' from "Once a Week," June 7, 1862, p. 659; in graphite: "Charles Keene"; 12.7 x 9.8 cm (a boy climbs on a table set on a stage, to examine markings scratched on the wall, as a man sleeps at lower right near a trumpet)

(90): E. J. Poynter / J. Swain, 'Wife and I,' illustrating a poem by R. Williams Buchanan, from "Once a Week," June 21, 1862, p. 724; in block: "Swain"; 11 x 12.5 cm (a woman sits in a chair and argues with her husband who stands at right, a spool of thread fallen on the floor).

(91): J. E. Millais / J. Swain, 'Anna Meets Her Secret Lover Henry–Sister Anna’s Probation,' illustrating a story by Harriet Martineau, from "Once a Week," March 29, 1862 p. 365; in block: "Swain sc. / JEM"; 12.5 x 9.8 cm (on a beach, a man and woman sit close together as he gestures and talks to her)

(92): M. J. Lawless / J. Swain, 'The Betrayed,' illustrating a poem by Sarah T. Bolton, from "Once a Week, August 4, 1860, p. 155; in block: "Lawless 1860 / Swain"; 9.3 x 11 cm (a seated woman bows her head with clasped hands outdoors near a river: pp. 154-55: "She sat alone, on a cold grey stone, / Where the river made a desolate moan. / The sycamore trees stood white and bare, / Like sheeted ghosts in the dusky air…The osiers bent with a quite grace / Over a form with a still, white face. / The river flow’d with a desolate moan, / And dead leaves fell on the cold grey stone.")

(93): M. J. Lawless / J. Swain, 'The Dead Bride,' from "Once a Week," April 19, 1862, p. 462; in block: "monogram / 1861 / Swain"; in graphite: "M.J. Lawless"; 8.8 x 12.5 cm (a medieval procession with trumpeters, maidens under a canopy, and a king).

(94): J. E. Millais / J. Swain, 'The Plague of Elliant–The Breton,' from "Once a Week," Oct. 15, 1859, p. 316; in block: "JEM / Swain"; 7.8 x 13 cm (a young woman in clogs struggles to pull a cart containing sick people and bodies).

(95): J. E. Millais / J. Swain, 'The Drowning of Kaer-Is—I’ll Win the Key from my Father’s Side,' illustrating a Breton poem translated by Tom Taylor, from "Once a Week," June 14, 1862, p. 687; in block: "Swain"; 11 x 12.4 cm (a barefoot young woman approaches a sleeping king whose crown rests on a chair).

(96): F. Leighton / W. J. Linton, 'The Dying Message–Romola, Chapter 10,’ illustrating a story by George Eliot, from "Cornhill Magazine," 1863, opp. p. 433; in block: "WJ Linton Sc."; in ink below: the title; 15 x 20.2 cm] (Dino (now Fra Luca), Romola’s brother, lies on a bed with candles at the head, as a cloaked figure stands behind the bed (Romola), and another kneels at its foot) (text begins July 1862, p. 1; illustrations are opp. pp. 1, 26, 144, 185, 311, 451, 577, 603, 721, 726; and vol. VII, 1863, opp. p. 1, 145, 291, 417, 553, 569, 681; 1863, opp. pp. 1, 129).

(97): W. Small / Dalziel, 'Little May,' illustrating a poem by Jane Morseby, from "Good Words," 1869, p. 16; in block: "WS / Dalziel"; 12.4 x 10 cm (a small girl holds a white bird on one arm is accompanied by a dog in a garden)

(98): W. Small, [unidentified illustration]; in block: "W. Small"; 10.5 x 15.8 cm (a woman lies on the floor and kisses a crucifix)

(99): W. Small, [unidentified illustration]; in block: WS"; 11.1 x 16.5 cm (figures fight on a shoreline, including a man standing in the water at right wielding an oar and hitting a soldier who holds a saber)

(100): W. Small / Dalziel, [unidentified illustration]; in block: "W. Small / Dalziel"; 11.4 x 16.3 cm (a woman lies on a bench, her face in her hands, as an old sailor with a pipe comes out of a fishing hut to touch her sympathetically; a moored boat at right )

(101): F. Leighton / J. Swain, 'Recognition–Dawning Hopes, Romola, Chapter 6,' illustrating a story by George Eliot, from "Cornhill Magazine," opp. p. 144; in block: "Swain sc."; 19.7 x 14.7 cm (a young well-dressed young man walks down a street accompanied by a cloaked figure; related story begins July 1862, p. 1; illustrations opp. pp. 1. 1, 26, 144, 185, 311, 451, 577, 603, 721, 726; 1863, opp. p. 1, 145, 291, 417, 553, 569, 681; vol. 8, July-Aug. 1863, opp. pp. 1, 129).

(102): W. Small / Dalziel, [unidentified illustration]; in block: "WS / Dalziel"; 9.8 x 12.2 cm ( boy entertains a child with a toy bird, with the mother at left wearing clogs and seated before fishing nets)

(103): W. Small, [unidentified illustration]; in block: "WS"; 10 x 12.2 cm (a fishermen unload a beached boat)

(104): F.J. Slinger, [unidentified illustration]; in block: "P.G."; 14.8 x 11.8 cm (a man with a shawl over one shoulder holds the hand of a woman in black, as they stand on a pier next to a boat being loaded; the costumes of the workers, and a distance ruin indicate a setting in Greece or Turkey)

(105): M.J. Lawless, 'The Bands of Love,' illustrating a poem by Dora Greenwell, from "Good Words," 1862 p. 632; in graphite: "M.J. Lawless"; 10 x 12.4 cm (a mother dressed in black perches on the side of a narrow bed and embraces her dying daughter; related poem subtitled: "Founded on a Lancashire superstition that a person cannot die in the arms of one who wishes strongly to retain the parting soul in life").

(106): J. Mahoney, 'A Supper in a Caravan,' from "Good Words," March 1, 1869, supplement, p. 65; in graphite: "J. Mahoney"; 10 x 12.4 cm (a boy places one foot on step of a "Stage Wagon," as a woman looks out the open door, and a large dog watches at right).

(107): W. Small / Dalziel, [unidentified illustration]; in block: "Dalziel"; 12.8 x 10.2 cm (A woman wearing a lace cap leans against a fishnet on a wall and counts coins in her palm)

(108): F. Walker / J. Swain, 'Here’s Dame Hundley Flying On to Us Sir–Oswald Cray,’ by Mrs. Henry Wood, from "Good Words," 1864, p. 32; in block: "FW"; 15 x 11.2 cm (a woman runs after a horse carriage ready to depart, as a man wearing a top hat looks back at her).

(109): E. J. Poynter, 'Ballad of the Page and the King's Daughter,' illustrating a poem translated from Giebel, from "Once a Week," June 6, 1863, p. 653; "With broken heart, the Bride lies dead, For grief hath power to kill"; 16.2 x 12.4 cm (a collapsed woman in a Renaissance court).

(110): George Cruikshank, [unidentified illustration]; in graphite: "George Cruikshank"; 11.5 x 9.3 cm] (perhaps an illustrations to the Waverly Novels, 1836-8; a confrontation between Puritans and Cavaliers, with a burly man at left wielding a club, a preacher in black, and a woman at right about to be carried off by a cavalier).

(111): John Gilbert / Dalziel, [unidentified illustration]; in block: "Dalziel"; 16 x 14 cm (a cleric at right hands a crown to a king at left, at the top of steps, watched by monks and a boy at right, a burning censor on the steps).

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