Daniel Maclise
(1806 - 1870)
Daniel Maclise was an historical painter and portraitist from Cork. His enormous frescoes of The Meeting of Wellington and Blücher at Waterloo and The Death of Nelson were two of the most successful works commissioned for the Houses of Parliament.
Bibliography
The Battle of Life (1846)
A story of love and self sacrifice set in a rural village. Read online at archive.org.
John Leech
Daniel Maclise
Clarkson Stanfield
The Chimes (1845)
The goblins ringing the chimes show old Trotty a dystopian future for his family -- he wakes determined to do all he can to avert it. Read online at archive.org.
John Leech
Daniel Maclise
Clarkson Stanfield
The Cricket on the Hearth (1846)
This the the most popular of Dickens’ Christmas books tells a domestic story of the Peerybingle family. Read online at archive.org.
Edwin Landseer
John Leech
Daniel Maclise
Clarkson Stanfield
The Life and Adventures of Oliver Goldsmith (1848)
This detailed biography of the author and poet was published in two volumes. The title was changed for the second and subsequent editions, of which there were many. Read for free online at HathiTrust.
Robert James Hamerton
John Leech
Daniel Maclise
Clarkson Stanfield
The Old Curiosity Shop (1841)
Her grandfather having gambled away all his property and suffered a debilitating stroke, Little Nell flees with him to the English heartland. Read online at archive.org.
George Cattermole
Daniel Maclise