THE ART OF ILLUSTRATION.
“THE TRUMPETER.” (SIR JOHN GILBERT, R.A.)
(Drawn in pen and ink, from his picture in the Royal Academy, 1883.)
[Size of drawing, 5½ by 4¾ 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.
(PEN-AND-INK DRAWING FROM HIS PICTURE, BY MR. CHARLES COLLINS, 1892.)
[Photo-zinc process.]
PREFACE.
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HE object of this book is to explain themodern systems of Book and NewspaperIllustration, and especially themethods of drawing for what is commonlycalled “process,” on which so many artistsare now engaged.
There is almost a revolution in illustration at thepresent time, and both old and young—teachers andscholars—are in want of a handbook for referencewhen turning to the new methods. The illustratorof to-day is called upon suddenly to take the placeof the wood engraver in interpreting tone into line,xand requires practical information which this bookis intended to supply.
The most important branch of illustration treatedof is line drawing, as it is practically out of reach ofcompetition by the photographer, and is, moreover,the kind of drawing most easily reproduced andprinted at the type press; but wash drawing,drawing upon grained papers, and the modernappliances for reproduction, are all treated of.
The best instructors in drawing for process are,after all, the painters of pictures who know so wellhow to express themselves in black and white, and towhom