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The Wood Engravers' Self-Portrait: The Dalziel Archive and Victorian Illustration

Hardback

Main Details

Title The Wood Engravers' Self-Portrait: The Dalziel Archive and Victorian Illustration
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Bethan Stevens
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:408
Dimensions(mm): Height 280,Width 215
Category/GenreArt and design styles - c 1800 to c 1900
Prints and printmaking
ISBN/Barcode 9781526156662
ClassificationsDewey:769.922
Audience
General
Illustrations 251 colour

Publishing Details

Publisher Manchester University Press
Imprint Manchester University Press
Publication Date 14 June 2022
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

The Wood Engravers' Self Portrait tells the story of the image-making firm Dalziel Brothers, investigating and interpreting a unique archive from the British Museum. The study takes a creative-critical approach to illustration, alongside detailed investigation of print techniques and history. Five siblings ran the wood engraving firm Dalziel Brothers: George, Edward, Margaret, John and Thomas Dalziel. Prospering through five decades of work, Dalziel became the major capitalist image makers of Victorian Britain. This book, based on AHRC-funded research, outlines the achievements of these remarkable siblings and uncovers the histories of some of the 36 unknown artisan employees that worked alongside them. Dalziel Brothers made works of global importance: illustrations to Lewis Carroll's Alice books, novels by Charles Dickens, and landmark Pre-Raphaelite prints, as well as other, brilliant works that are published here for the first time since their initial creation.

Author Biography

Bethan Stevens is a Senior Lecturer in English and Creative & Critical Writing at the University of Sussex -- .