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Title: The Art of Illustration
2nd ed.

Author: Henry Blackburn

Release Date: May 10, 2010 [EBook #32320]

Language: English

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THE ART OF ILLUSTRATION.

[Illustration: "THE TRUMPETER." (SIR JOHN GILBERT, R.A.)

(_Drawn in pen and ink, from his picture in the Royal Academy, 1883._)

[Size of drawing, 5-1/2 by 4-3/4 in. Photo-zinc process.]]

The Art of Illustration.

BY
HENRY BLACKBURN,

_Editor of "Academy Notes," Cantor Lecturer on Illustration, &c._

WITH
NINETY-FIVE ILLUSTRATIONS.

SECOND EDITION.

LONDON:
W. H. ALLEN & CO., LIMITED,
13, WATERLOO PLACE, S.W.

1896.

PRINTED BY
WYMAN AND SONS, LIMITED,
LONDON, W.C.

DEDICATED TO
SIR JOHN GILBERT, R.A.,
ONE OF THE PRINCIPAL PIONEERS
OF BOOK AND NEWSPAPER ILLUSTRATION.

[Illustration: (PEN-AND-INK DRAWING FROM HIS PICTURE, BY MR. CHARLES
COLLINS, 1892.)

[Photo-zinc process.]]

PREFACE.

The object of this book is to explain the modern systems of Book and
Newspaper Illustration, and especially the methods of drawing for what
is commonly called "process," on which so many artists are now engaged.

There is almost a revolution in illustration at the present time, and
both old and young--teachers and scholars--are in want of a handbook for
reference when turning to the new methods. The illustrator of to-day is
called upon suddenly to take the place of the wood engraver in
interpreting tone into line, and requires practical information which
this book is intended to supply.

The most important branch of illustration treated of is _line drawing_,
as it is practically out of reach of competition by the photographer,
and is, moreover, the kind of drawing most easily reproduced and printed
at the type press; but wash dr