{"title":"Dalziel Brothers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Brothers Dalziel (pronounced dee-ELL)\u003c\/strong\u003e was a prolific wood-engraving business in Victorian London, founded in 1839 by George Dalziel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1840, George (1815-1902) was joined in the business by his brother Edward Dalziel (1817-1905), and in subsequent years they were joined by their sister Margaret (1819-1894), brother John (1822-1869), and brother Thomas Dalziel (1823-1906). Along with at least three older brothers and one younger brother, they were the children of the artist Alexander Dalziel of Wooler in Northumberland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGeorge Dalziel trained under the wood-engraver Charles Gray in London from around 1835.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Dalziel Brothers worked with many important Victorian artists, producing illustrations for the burgeoning magazine and book market of the period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAmong the artists they worked with were Arthur Boyd Houghton, Richard Doyle, Myles Birket Foster, John Gilbert, William Holman Hunt, John Everett Millais, John Proctor, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and James McNeill Whistler. They cut the illustrations to Edward Lear's Book of Nonsense (1862); Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey also produced independent ventures, most notably The Parables of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ (London: Routledge, 1864), illustrated by Millais, and contributed humorous cartoons to magazines such as Fun, which George and Edward acquired in 1865.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUntil the advent of photo-mechanical processes c.1880, they were pre-eminent in their trade. Examples of their work can be seen in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the end of the nineteenth century, they collaborated on an autobiographical summary of their work: The Brothers Dalziel, A Record of Work, 1840-1890, published by Methuen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGeorge Dalziel is buried in a family vault in the Egyptian Avenue in Highgate Cemetery. Edward Dalziel is buried in a family vault in the Circle of Lebanon in Highgate Cemetery.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"dalziel-brothers-dalziels-illustrated-arabian-nights-1865-the-little-hunchback","title":"Dalziel Brothers - Dalziel's Illustrated Arabian Nights 1865 - The Little Hunchback","description":"\u003cp\u003eEngraving by the Dalziel brothers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis download consists of 1 image in JPEG format that is 600dpi and 4440 pixels wide by 5748 pixels tall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe picture is out of copyright and in the public domain, so you are free to use it in whatever way you'd like, including commercial use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRead more about \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/dalziel-brothers\" title=\"Dalziel Brothers\"\u003eDalziel Brothers\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Digital Download - 1 image","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":61817664340298,"sku":null,"price":0.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7965\/7290\/files\/DalzielBrothers-Dalziel_sIllustratedArabianNights1865-TheLittleHunchback_main.jpg?v=1778699356"},{"product_id":"dalziel-george-1815-1902-illustration-from-dickens-old-curiosity-shop-1871","title":"Dalziel, George (1815-1902) - Illustration from Dickens' Old Curiosity Shop 1871","description":"\u003cp\u003eEngraving by George Dalziel of the Dalziel brothers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis download consists of 1 image in JPEG format that is 600dpi and 4239 pixels wide by 5526 pixels tall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe picture is out of copyright and in the public domain, so you are free to use it in whatever way you'd like, including commercial use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRead more about \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/dalziel-brothers\" title=\"Dalziel Brothers\"\u003eDalziel Brothers\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Digital Download - 1 image","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":61817691242826,"sku":null,"price":0.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7965\/7290\/files\/Dalziel_George_1815-1902_-IllustrationfromDickens_OldCuriosityShop1871_main.jpg?v=1778699352"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7965\/7290\/collections\/Dalziel_George_1815-1902-5902753.jpg?v=1778699072","url":"https:\/\/publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/dalziel-brothers.oembed","provider":"Public Domain Image Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}