Richard Doyle
(1824 - 1883)
Richard “Dickie” Doyle came from a family of artists that included his father John Doyle and two brothers James and Charles. He was the uncle of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Like Andrew Wyeth, he learned to draw from his father and completed his first book illustrations at the age of twelve.
He illustrated works by Dickens and Thackeray and specialized in fairy tales, including The King of the Golden River and his masterpiece In Fairyland by William Allingham.
The illustrations were later the subject of a book by Andrew Lang entitled The Princess Nobody.
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Bibliography
The Library (1881)
Andrew Lang writes on books and book collecting. Read online at archive.org.
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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 Lover’s Stratagem and other Tales (1849)
The blocks were cut by W. J. Linton.
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James E. Doyle
Richard Doyle
Manners and Customs of Ye Englyshe (1849)
Humorous drawings and texts explaining Victorian Britain to itself. Read online at archive.org.
Merry Pictures by the Comic Hands of H. K. Browne, Richard Doyle, etc. (1857)
Forty-two humorous plates.
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Mr. Punch’s Pageant (1909)
This is the catalog to an exhibition celebrating the London Charivari. Read for free online at HathiTrust.
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Mrs. Caudle’s Curtain Lectures and Other Stories and Essays (1902)
A collection of comic sketches as originally published in Punch. The image above is from the Oxford World’s Classics edition. Read for free online HathiTrust.
Charles Keene
John Leech
The Newcomes (1854)
A family saga culminating in the admirable Colonel Newcombe and his son Clive. In two volumes:
- Volume 1: Read online at archive.org
- Volume 2: Read online at archive.org
An Old Fairy Tale Told Anew (1865)
A verse rendering of The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood. Read for free online at HathiTrust.
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.
Piccadilly (1870)
A satirical novel of Victorian Britain. Read online at archive.org.
Pictures by Richard Doyle (1907)
This is a reprint of a collection of pictures from Manners and Customs of Ye Englyshe, The Foreign Tour of Messrs. Brown, Jones and Robinson, and Bird’s Eye Views of Society. It is Volume 6 in the "Humorous Masterpieces" series. Read online at archive.org.
Poetical Works of Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1855)
Collected verse by one of the literary lights of Victorian Britain, who died young. Read for free online at HathiTrust.
The Princess Nobody: A Tale of Fairyland (1884)
Richard Doyle drew a series of fairy illustrations. William Allingham then wrote poetry to go with them to produce the first book, In Fairy Land. Several years later, Andrew Lang wrote a fairy story to go with the illustrations. Read online at the University of Florida.
Puck on Pegasus (1868)
A collection of poems from Punch. This is the fifth edition. Read online at archive.org.
Richard Doyle
John Leech
Phiz
John Tenniel
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Punch Volume 10 (1846)
A British humor, satire and news magazine, famous for its illustrations, including those first designated as ‘cartoons.’ Read online at Google.
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Punch Volume 11 (1846)
A British humor, satire and news magazine, famous for its illustrations, including those first designated as ‘cartoons.’ Read online at Google.
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Punch Volume 12 (1847)
A British humor, satire and news magazine, famous for its illustrations, including those first designated as ‘cartoons.’ Read online at Google.
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Punch Volume 13 (1847)
A British humor, satire and news magazine, famous for its illustrations, including those first designated as ‘cartoons.’ Read online at Google.
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Punch Volume 14 (1848)
A British humor, satire and news magazine, famous for its illustrations, including those first designated as ‘cartoons.’ Read online at Google.
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