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Art and Architecture Genre
Books in the Art and Architecture genre:
An Overland Journey to the Great Exhibition (1851)
Sixteen comic drawings of visitors on their way to the Great Exhibition printed as a panorama. Read for free online at HathiTrust.
Author(s):
Richard Doyle
Illustrator(s):
Richard Doyle
Merry Pictures by the Comic Hands of H. K. Browne, Richard Doyle, etc. (1857)
Forty-two humorous plates.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Hablot K. Browne
Richard Doyle
Et al
Bird’s Eye Views of Society (1864)
A collection of pictures of people gathered together for social events in Victorian England. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Richard Doyle
Illustrator(s):
Richard Doyle
Facsimiles of Original Sketches by Caldecott: Reproduced from Will o’ the Wisp (1887)
Reproductions of sketches that originally appeared in ‘Will o’ the Wisp.’
Author(s):
J. Galloway
Illustrator(s):
Randolph Caldecott
Studies in the Art Anatomy of Animals (1896)
Topographical anatomy of common animals intended for the use of artists. Read for free online at HathiTrust.
Author(s):
Ernest Seton Thompson
Illustrator(s):
Ernest Seton Thompson
Mother Goose in Prose (1897)
Author(s):
L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s):
Maxfield Parrish
Westminster Abbey (1900)
A guide to the famous church. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
G. E. Troutbeck
Illustrator(s):
F. D. Bedford
The Brothers Dalziel (1901)
A history of the Brothers Dalziel and their engraving and printing business. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Edward Dalziel
George Dalziel
Illustrator(s):
Richard Doyle
Et al
Pictures of Wild Animals (1901)
A portfolio of twelve animal prints.
Author(s):
Ernest Seton Thompson
Illustrator(s):
Ernest Seton Thompson
The Art of Walter Crane (1902)
Author(s):
Paul George Konody
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
English Book-Illustration of Today (1903)
Four articles on book illustration, accompanied by extensive bibliographies of illustrators. Read for free online at HathiTrust.
Author(s):
Rose E. D. Sketchley
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Rackham
Et al
How to Draw (1904)
Lessons on how to draw, specifically cartoons.
Read online at archive.org
Author(s):
Leon Barritt
Illustrator(s):
Howard Pyle
Kate Greenaway (1905)
Author(s):
George Somes Layard
Marion Henry Spielmann
Illustrator(s):
Kate Greenaway
The “Old” Water-Colour Society 1804-1904 (1905)
Author(s):
None
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Rackham
Et al
Penrose’s Pictorial Annual Volume 11 (1905)
An annual compendium of graphic arts showcasing the publishers and printers.
Author(s):
None
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Rackham
Et al
Auld Acquaintance (1907)
A book with illustrations and blank pages for autographs, poems, puzzles, etc.
Author(s):
None
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Rackham
Et al
The Children and the Pictures (1907)
Author(s):
Pamela Tennant
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Rackham
Various
Sporting Days (1907)
Illustrations facing blank pages whereon the guests may write their comments.
Author(s):
J. Harry Savory
Illustrator(s):
Cecil Aldin
C. E. Brock
Arthur Rackham
Et al
Pen, Pencil, and Chalk (1911)
A special issue of The Studio magazine devoted to drawings by European artists. Read for free online at HathiTrust.
Author(s):
Malcolm C. Salaman
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Rackham
Et al
The Practice of Water-Colour Painting (1911)
A collection of articles on artists and their techniques. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
A. L. Baldry
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Rackham
Et al