The Art of Illustration Part 14

5. "Examples of Italian, 14th century; ornament, initial, and letters forming a brilliant and harmonious combination."

ILl.u.s.tRATIONS of the above and other decorative pages (which could not be reproduced in this book) are shown at the lectures on a large scale.

Of the many modern books on decoration and ornament, the handbooks by Mr. Lewis Foreman Day (London: Batsford) are recommended to students of "the decorative page"; also "_English Book Plates_," by Egerton Castle (G. Bell & Sons).

LIST OF PROCESS BLOCK MAKERS.

From a long list of photo-engravers, the following are mentioned from personal knowledge of their work:--

RELIEF BLOCKS.

ANDRe & SLEIGH, Bushey, Herts.

THE ART REPRODUCTION COMPANY, Clairville Grove, South Kensington.

MR. DALLAS, 5, Furnival Street, E.C.

A. & C. DAWSON, Hogarth Works, Chiswick.

DELLAGANA & CO., Gayton Road, Hampstead, N.W.

DIRECT PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPANY, 38, Farringdon Street, E.C.

HARE & SONS, LTD., Bride Court, Fleet Street.

CARL HENTSCHEL, 182, Fleet Street, E.C.

CHAS. GEARD (Agent for Krakow), MacLean's Bldgs., New St. Sq., E.C.

MEISENBACH CO., Ltd., Wolfington Road, West Norwood, S.E.

JOHN SWAIN & SON, 58, Farringdon Street, E.C.

SWAN ELECTRIC LIGHT CO., 114, Charing Cross Road, W.C.

TYPOGRAPHIC ETCHING CO., 3, Ludgate Circus Buildings, E.C.

WALKER & BOUTALL, Clifford's Inn, Fleet Street, E.C.

WATERLOW & SONS, Ltd., London Wall, E.C.

VINCENT & HAHN, 34, Barbican, E.C.

INTAGLIO.

Several of the firms mentioned above are makers of "Intaglio" plates; some are also wood-engravers, photo-lithographers, etc.; and agents for French, German, and Austrian photo-engravers.

Amongst leading firms who make "Intaglio" plates are Messrs. Boussod, Valadon, & Co. (London and Paris); and Messrs. Angerer & Goschl, of Vienna.

The Autotype Company's admirable reproductions of photographs and drawings should also be mentioned in this connection.

"Black and White."

NOTICE.--MR. HENRY BLACKBURN'S STUDIO is open five days a week for the Study and Practice of DRAWING FOR THE PRESS with Technical a.s.sistants.

Students join at any time.

_Private Instruction and by Correspondence._

123, VICTORIA STREET, WESTMINSTER (_near Army & Navy stores_).

OPINIONS OF THE PRESS

On the First Edition.

"'The Art of Ill.u.s.tration' is a brightly written account, by a man who has had large experience of the ways in which books and newspapers are ill.u.s.trated nowadays.... As a collection of typical ill.u.s.trations by artists of the day, Mr. Blackburn's book is very attractive."--_The Times._

"Mr. Blackburn explains the processes--line, half-tone, and so forth--exemplifying each by the drawings of artists more or less skilled in the modern work of ill.u.s.tration. They are well chosen as a whole, to show the possibilities of process work in trained hands."--_Sat.u.r.day Review._

"We thoroughly commend this book to all whom it may concern."--_Athenaeum._

"Mr. Henry Blackburn, perhaps our greatest expert on the subject of the book ill.u.s.trator's art, has written a most interesting volume, which no young black-and-white artist can very well afford to do without. Nearly a hundred splendid and instructive ill.u.s.trations."--_Black and White._

"The author's purpose in this book is to show how drawing for the press may be best adapted to its purpose.... Many of Mr. Blackburn's instructions are technical, but all are beautifully ill.u.s.trated by choice reproductions from some of the best black-and-white work of the time."--_Daily News._

"Mr. Blackburn's interesting and practical manual is designed, in the first instance, for the guidance of students who intend to become ill.u.s.trators in black-and-white, but for the general reader it contains a large quant.i.ty of readable and attractive matter."--_The Literary World._

"We must express our admiration for the contents of 'The Art of Ill.u.s.tration,' and its fund of technical information."--_Bookseller._

"The book is full of interest, containing close upon a hundred varied examples of ill.u.s.trations of the day. A work of unquestionable value."--_Publishers' Circular._

"Mr. Blackburn knows from experience what is best for the processes; his volume is ill.u.s.trated with nearly one hundred drawings, most of them good examples of what is being done. 'The Art of Ill.u.s.tration' is an entirely safe guide."--_Art Journal._

"Mr. Henry Blackburn has written an able book on 'The Art of Ill.u.s.tration,' which, it is not overpraise to say, should be in the hands of every artist who draws for reproduction."--_The Gentlewoman._

"'The Art of Ill.u.s.tration' is perhaps the most satisfactory work of art of its kind that has yet been published."--_Sunday Times._

"A very clear exposition of the various methods of reproduction."--_Guardian._