#black and white illustrations

“Juliette Drouet.”  Lithograph by Alphonse-Leon Noel for the periodical L’Artiste, published about 1833.  Ms. Drouet was an actress and the lifelong mistress of novelist Victor Hugo.

“But there was no voice throughout the vast, illimitable desert.”  Portrait illustration by Harry Clarke, for Edgar Allan Poe’s book, Tales of Mystery and Imagination.

From my window.  Wood engraving by Joseph Swain, based on the artwork of Frederick Sandys, for the periodical, Once a Week, volume 5, published in 1861.

Geldberg’s daughters.  Metal engraving by Jules Roze, based on the artwork of Pierre Edouard Frere, for the book, Le Fils du Diable, written by Paul Feval in 1852.

Satisfaction.  Lithograph by Jean Georges Frey, based on the artwork of Jean Gigoux, for the periodicalL’Artiste, published about 1833.

Helias, the Knight of the Swan.  Wood engraving by an unknown artist for the book, Germania’s Sagenborn, published in 1889.

“She went to the cobbler’s, 

To buy him some shoes, 

But when she came back

He was reading the news.”

Wood engraving by the Dalziel Brothers, based on the artwork of an unknown artist.  From Mother Goose’s Nursery Rhymes, published in 1877 by George Rutledge & Sons, London.

“When buds are breaking and birds singing merrily, dance with me.”  Portrait illustration by Dugald Steward Walker for his book, Dream Boats and Other Stories, published in 1920.

Opening illustration for the story, Adventures in Skitzland, contained in the book, The Chicken Market and Other Fairy Tales, written by Henry Morley.  The illustration is a wood engraving by the Dalziel brothers, based on the artwork of Charles Henry Bennett.

“What was his amazement to find that the fountain was flowing over a maiden.”  Portrait illustration by Dugald Stewart Walker for his book, Dream Boats and Other Stories, published in 1920 by Doubleday, Page & Company.

And now a sneak peek of Hercule, chat policier book 3 (Rageot publishing, written by Christian Grenier), released May 3rd !