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Pennell, Joseph, 1857-1926 · London ; New York : G. Bell · leaf 63

An illustration from Modern illustration, 1895, leaf 63
FROM A PAINTING BY RUBENS. Wood-engraving by the Linnells. size, by force of contrast, the inappropriateness ofwork done by some of the most popular Academi- 12 Modern Illustration. cians of the day for Boydells Shakespeare,immortalized by Thackeray as that black andghastly gallery of murky Opies,… … BY STOTHARD. FROM ROGERS POEMS (CADELL).Engra\ed on wood by Clennell. Harvey and Nesbit,the Thompsons,the WilHamses,and Orrinsmith. These engravers tried, in thebeginning, to produce exactly the same sort of workthat is being done by the so-called school ofAmerican wood-engravers to-day. One has…

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