Friday, March 29, 2013

George Du Maurier - A Little Christmas Dream, 1868

George Du Maurier - A Little Christmas Dream (Punch Magazine, December 26th, 1868) "The Little Christmas Dream"December 26th 1968, p.272 Still related distantly to the Tenniel Jabberwocky,this is a genuinely frightening vision of terror in the streets when snow sticks to your boots. "Mr.L.Figuier, in the Thesis which precedes his interesting work on the world before the Flood condemns the practice of awakening the youthful mind to admiration by means of fables and Fairy Tales, and recommends in lieu thereof, the study of the Natural History of the World in which we live" Here is the result on the youthful mind."

Illustration originally published in the December 26th, 1868 edition of Punch Magazine.
Scan and quotation found thanks to this assortment of Maunier's work.

Vernon Hill

Vernon Hill - The New Inferno, 1911 (The Midnight Emanating from the Soul) Vernon Hill - The New Inferno, 1911 (The Flames of Hate) Vernon Hill - The New Inferno, 1911 (The Winged Thought) Vernon Hill - The New Inferno, 1911 (The Glittering Pinnacle Of Ruthless Ambition) Vernon Hill - The New Inferno, 1911 (The Spirit Enchained in Memories of the Flesh) Vernon Hill - The New Inferno, 1911 (The All Compelling Hand of Old Desire) Vernon Hill - The New Inferno, 1911 (The Purgatorial House) Vernon Hill - Illustration from  Ballads Weird and Wonderful,1912 (Alison Gross) Vernon Hill - Illustration from  Ballads Weird and Wonderful, 1912 (Kemp Owyne) Vernon Hill - Illustration from  Ballads Weird and Wonderful, 1912 (The Mermaid) Vernon Hill - Illustration from  Ballads Weird and Wonderful, 1912 (The Demon Lover)