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| Jacques-Louis Perée after Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Statue of Nero from Le Musée français etching, engraving ca. 1803-09 British Museum |
The gigantic expansion of the popular press in the 19th century caused a corresponding expansion of mechanically reproduced illustrations. A mono-culture of advertising was born along with a parallel culture of celebrity-worship. The images featured here represent some of the more traditional printmaking projects of the era, those that remained aligned with earlier ideals. Yet work of this sort was beginning to seem old-fashioned in its own day, even when brand-new.
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| Ferdinand Gaillard Académie 1856 engraving British Museum |
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| George Percy Jacomb-Hood Portrait of a man etching ca. 1872-77 British Museum |
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| George Percy Jacomb-Hood Half-length figure etching ca. 1872-74 British Museum |
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| Joseph Benwell Clark Alphonse Legros drypoint 1880 National Portrait Gallery, London |
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| Joseph Benwell Clark Portrait of a man 1878 etching British Museum |
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| Joseph Benwell Clark Model on the studio floor etching 1878 British Museum |
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| Charles Holroyd Nymphs by a lake etching 1894 British Museum |
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| Anonymous Portrait of Henry Cort engraving, mezzotint 1856 British Museum |
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| Anonymous Portrait of Napoleon (unfinished) etching 19th century British Museum |
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| Anonymous Ice skaters hand-colored etching ca. 1810 British Museum |
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| Anonymous H.M. Bal Costumé (Victoria & Albert, center) hand-colored etching June 6, 1845 National Portrait Gallery, London |
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| Anonymous Lord Nelson's Coffin hand-colored etching 1806 British Museum |
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| Anonymous Lord Nelson's Funeral Car hand-colored etching 1806 British Museum |