DMVI | Database of Mid-Victorian Illustration

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Title:

Decay of Earthly Pomp:—There now the hart, fearless of greyhound, feeds;/ And loving pelican in safety breeds

Source Text:

Phineas Fletcher, 'Decay of Earthly Pomp' 1582– 1650 in English Sacred Poetry (R. Clay & Co., 1862, London: Routledge & Co., 1862), 53–55

Illustrator:

Joseph Wolf

Engraver:

Dalziel Brothers

Size:

112 mm x 76 mm / 4"13 x 3"0

Genre:

Poetry / Poetry

DMVI Code:

ESP011

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Title:

Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard:—How jocund did they drive their Team afield!

Source Text:

Thomas Gray, 'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard' 1751 in English Sacred Poetry (R. Clay & Co., 1862, London: Routledge & Co., 1862), 173–83

Illustrator:

John Dawson Watson

Engraver:

Dalziel Brothers

Size:

102 mm x 76 mm / 4"1 x 3"0

Genre:

Poetry / Poetry

DMVI Code:

ESP039

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Title:

Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard:—Muttering his wayward Fancies, would he rove

Source Text:

Thomas Gray, 'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard' 1751 in English Sacred Poetry (R. Clay & Co., 1862, London: Routledge & Co., 1862), 173–83

Illustrator:

John Dawson Watson

Engraver:

Dalziel Brothers

Size:

89 mm x 95 mm / 3"16 x 3"24

Genre:

Poetry / Poetry

DMVI Code:

ESP043

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Title:

Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard:—Oft did the Harvest to their Sickle yield

Source Text:

Thomas Gray, 'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard' 1751 in English Sacred Poetry (R. Clay & Co., 1862, London: Routledge & Co., 1862), 173–83

Illustrator:

John Dawson Watson

Engraver:

Dalziel Brothers

Size:

106 mm x 62 mm / 4"6 x 2"14

Genre:

Poetry / Poetry

DMVI Code:

ESP038

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Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard:—Or climb his Knees the envied Kiss to share

Source Text:

Thomas Gray, 'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard' 1751 in English Sacred Poetry (R. Clay & Co., 1862, London: Routledge & Co., 1862), 173–83

Illustrator:

John Dawson Watson

Engraver:

Dalziel Brothers

Size:

99 mm x 90 mm / 3"29 x 3"17

Genre:

Poetry / Poetry

DMVI Code:

ESP037

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Title:

Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard:—Or drowsy Tinklings lull the distant Folds

Source Text:

Thomas Gray, 'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard' 1751 in English Sacred Poetry (R. Clay & Co., 1862, London: Routledge & Co., 1862), 173–83

Illustrator:

John Dawson Watson

Engraver:

Dalziel Brothers

Size:

107 mm x 62 mm / 4"7 x 2"14

Genre:

Poetry / Poetry

DMVI Code:

ESP036

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Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard:—Or heap the Shrine of Luxury and Pride

Source Text:

Thomas Gray, 'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard' 1751 in English Sacred Poetry (R. Clay & Co., 1862, London: Routledge & Co., 1862), 173–83

Illustrator:

John Dawson Watson

Engraver:

Dalziel Brothers

Size:

99 mm x 92 mm / 3"29 x 3"20

Genre:

Poetry / Poetry

DMVI Code:

ESP042

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Title:

Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard:—The Epitaph—Here rests his Head upon the Lap of Earth

Source Text:

Thomas Gray, 'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard' 1751 in English Sacred Poetry (R. Clay & Co., 1862, London: Routledge & Co., 1862), 173–83

Illustrator:

John Dawson Watson

Engraver:

Dalziel Brothers

Size:

95 mm x 76 mm / 3"24 x 3"0

Genre:

Poetry / Poetry

DMVI Code:

ESP044

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Title:

Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard:—The little Tyrant of his Fields withstood

Source Text:

Thomas Gray, 'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard' 1751 in English Sacred Poetry (R. Clay & Co., 1862, London: Routledge & Co., 1862), 173–83

Illustrator:

John Dawson Watson

Engraver:

Dalziel Brothers

Size:

99 mm x 82 mm / 3"29 x 3"7

Genre:

Poetry / Poetry

DMVI Code:

ESP041

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Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard:—The lowing Herd wind slowly o'er the Lea

Source Text:

Thomas Gray, 'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard' 1751 in English Sacred Poetry (R. Clay & Co., 1862, London: Routledge & Co., 1862), 173–83

Illustrator:

John Dawson Watson

Engraver:

Dalziel Brothers

Size:

102 mm x 76 mm / 4"1 x 3"0

Genre:

Poetry / Poetry

DMVI Code:

ESP035

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Title:

Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard:—The Paths of Glory lead but to the Grave

Source Text:

Thomas Gray, 'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard' 1751 in English Sacred Poetry (R. Clay & Co., 1862, London: Routledge & Co., 1862), 173–83

Illustrator:

John Dawson Watson

Engraver:

Dalziel Brothers

Size:

113 mm x 100 mm / 4"14 x 3"30

Genre:

Poetry / Poetry

DMVI Code:

ESP040

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Title:

Elegy Written in Spring

Source Text:

Michael Bruce, 'Elegy Written in Spring' 1770 in English Sacred Poetry (R. Clay & Co., 1862, London: Routledge & Co., 1862), 194–95

Illustrator:

John Sleigh

Engraver:

Dalziel Brothers

Size:

107 mm x 75 mm / 4"7 x 2"30

Genre:

Poetry / Poetry

DMVI Code:

ESP046

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Title:

Employment

Source Text:

George Herbert, 'Employment' 1633 in English Sacred Poetry (R. Clay & Co., 1862, London: Routledge & Co., 1862), 81–82

Illustrator:

John Dawson Watson

Engraver:

Dalziel Brothers

Size:

90 mm x 102 mm / 3"17 x 4"1

Genre:

Poetry / Poetry

DMVI Code:

ESP017

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Title:

Evening Hymn

Source Text:

Adelaide Anne Proctor, 'Evening Hymn' 1825– 1862 in English Sacred Poetry (R. Clay & Co., 1862, London: Routledge & Co., 1862), 310–11

Illustrator:

Henry Hugh Armstead

Engraver:

Dalziel Brothers

Size:

102 mm x 127 mm / 4"1 x 5"0

Genre:

Poetry / Poetry

DMVI Code:

ESP068

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Title:

Evening Prayer at a Girls' School

Source Text:

Felicia Dorothea Browne, afterwards Hemans, 'Evening Prayer at a Girls' School' 1825 in English Sacred Poetry (R. Clay & Co., 1862, London: Routledge & Co., 1862), 277–78

Illustrator:

John Gilbert

Engraver:

Dalziel Brothers

Size:

105 mm x 74 mm / 4"4 x 2"29

Genre:

Poetry / Poetry

DMVI Code:

ESP061

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Title:

Frontispiece—The Lent Jewels

Source Text:

Richard Chenevix Trench, 'The Lent Jewels. A Jewish Tale' 1851 in English Sacred Poetry (R. Clay & Co., 1862, London: Routledge & Co., 1862), 346–47

Illustrator:

William Holman Hunt

Engraver:

Dalziel Brothers

Size:

102 mm x 127 mm / 4"1 x 5"0

Genre:

Poetry / Poetry

DMVI Code:

ESP001

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Title:

God's Argument with Job:—When pain'd with hunger, the wild raven's brood

Source Text:

Edward Young, 'God's Argument with Job' 1719 in English Sacred Poetry (R. Clay & Co., 1862, London: Routledge & Co., 1862), 149–51

Illustrator:

Joseph Wolf

Engraver:

Dalziel Brothers

Size:

109 mm x 139 mm / 4"9 x 5"15

Genre:

Poetry / Poetry

DMVI Code:

ESP027

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Title:

In Prison

Source Text:

George Wither, 'In Prison!' 1615 in English Sacred Poetry (R. Clay & Co., 1862, London: Routledge & Co., 1862), 63–64

Illustrator:

Henry Hugh Armstead

Engraver:

Dalziel Brothers

Size:

96 mm x 132 mm / 3"25 x 5"6

Genre:

Poetry / Poetry

DMVI Code:

ESP013

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Title:

Inscription in a Hermitage

Source Text:

Thomas Warton, 'Inscription in a Hermitage' 1728– 1790 in English Sacred Poetry (R. Clay & Co., 1862, London: Routledge & Co., 1862), 191–93

Illustrator:

Henry Stacy Marks

Engraver:

Dalziel Brothers

Size:

102 mm x 127 mm / 4"1 x 5"0

Genre:

Poetry / Poetry

DMVI Code:

ESP045

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Title:

Last Words

Source Text:

Henry Alford, 'Last Words' 1831 in English Sacred Poetry (R. Clay & Co., 1862, London: Routledge & Co., 1862), 323–24

Illustrator:

John Dawson Watson

Engraver:

Dalziel Brothers

Size:

114 mm x 102 mm / 4"16 x 4"1

Genre:

Poetry / Poetry

DMVI Code:

ESP072