Pictures from English Literature ... With twenty illustrations, by J. C. Horsley, E. M. Ward, W. F. Yeames, etc
An anthology of scenes from English literature compiled by John Francis Waller and published by Cassell, Petter & Co. in London in 1880, with twenty plates after painters including J. C. Horsley, E. M. Ward and W. F. Yeames, aimed at general Victorian readers. The plates are dense wood-engraved interiors of costumed figures in dramatic confrontation, worked in close crosshatching, alongside ornamental cartouches framing author portraits and birth-and-death dates.
