Illustration for the poem: A Wife. Depicts a woman weeping in front of an open book (she is unhappily married and looking back at an old diary in which she expressed romantic hopes)
April landscape with seasonal plants and animals. Illustration for the series "The Months" in Once a Week magazine, Volume 2, page 327.
From an article about the Hunterian Museum in Once a Week magazine, volume 3, page 628.
"Dan Cupid" playfully captures a girl. Once a Week magazine, volume 3, page 528.
Wood engraving illustration for the poem "A Score of Years Ago" by Eliza L. Watson. Once a Week magazine, Volume 3, page 416.
Illustration for a magazine article, depicting Alexander Pope being rowed on the Thames, in his sedan chair which he has had lifted into the boat. Once a Week magazine, volume 3, page 109.
Engraving of a Roman-British bronze ornament found in excavations at the site of Uriconium. Once a Week magazine, volume 2, page 43.
Illustration for the poem "Après." Depicts a man whose wife is dead looking at his daughter. Once a Week magazine, Volume 2, page 330.
Illustration of the Confessor's Buildings at Westminster Abbey in 1860, for a magazine article. Once a Week magazine, volume 2, page 591.
Illustration for the story "An Agreeable Monk." Once a Week magazine, volume 3, page 301.
Ruins of the castle of Dunluce (Ireland). Woodcut for a magazine story, arranged to wrap around the text. Once a Week magazine, volume 2, page 568.
Engraving of a lead cock found in excavations at the Roman-British site of Uriconium. Once a Week magazine, volume 2, page 43.
From the article "The Cost of Cottages" by Harriet Martineau, about the possibility of philanthropically building housing for farmworkers. This plan is stated to be provided by the builder Arthur Jackson of We More
A glacier in Switzerland. Woodcut for the article "Guides and Glaciers," Once a Week magazine, volume 2, page 513.
Illustration for the article "Putting Up the Christmas;" Once a Week magazine, volume 3, page 723.
Sophia's Island (Slovanský ostrov or Žofín), Prague, in Once a Week magazine, volume 3, page 663.
Prague Town Hall in Once a Week magazine, volume 3, page 661.
Wallenstein's House in Prague in Once a Week magazine, volume 3, page 581.
Grève au Lançon, Jersey. A wood engraving for a magazine article. Once a Week magazine, volume 3, page 219.
Mont Orgueil, Jersey. A wood engraving for a magazine article. Once a Week magazine, volume 3, page 217.
One of the "Saracen towers" on the Naples coast, circa 1860. Woodcut for a magazine article. Once a Week magazine, volume 2, page 616.
Lacco Ameno (Ischia, Italy) seen from Monte Tabor. Woodcut for a magazine article. Once a Week magazine, volume 2, page 616.
Illustration for the comic article "How Some People Get On in London." Once a Week, volume 3, page 14.
Illustration for the poem "Once Upon a Time." Once a Week magazine, volume 3, page 25.
Illustration for the comic article "The London Season." Once a Week magazine, volume 3, page 43.
Illustration for Chapter 29 of "Evan Harrington." Once a Week, Volume 3, page 57. In this scene, the cousins Juliana Bonner and Harry Jocelyn, who both have reason to dislike the fact that Rose intends to marr More
Illustration for the story "The Lots Upon the Raft" (Once a Week magazine, volume 2, page 620). Survivors of a shipwreck cast lots to see which one will be eaten; but it is rigged because the child is deemed expendable.
Illustration for the article "Fish Out of Water" concerning the misadventures of Frenchmen in England. Here, the misery and sea-sickness of the Channel crossing are depicted.Wood engraving, Once a Week magazin More
Initial letter for the article "Volunteer-Day in 1803". Once a Week magazine, volume 3, page 20.
Illustration for the poem "Once Upon a Time." Once a Week magazine, volume 3, page 24.
Illustration for the article "The Months: July." Once a Week magazine, volume 3, page 46.
Illustration for the story "The Negro's Revenge" by Alfred Bate Richards. Once a Week magazine, volume 3, page 52. Scarce a stone's throw distant, on the starboard side, in the very track of the moonlight, we More
Illustration for the poem "Master Olaf." The master smith shoes Odin's horse.
Illustration for Chapter 28 of "Evan Harrington". Once a Week, Volume 3, page 29. Tom Cogglesby drives up to the front door of Beckley Court in a donkey-cart, not at all abashed to be seen in such a conveyance More
Illustration for Chapter 27 of "Evan Harrington" (Once a Week magazine, volume 3, page 1). Rose [left] tells her mother Lady Jocelyn [right] that she loves Evan and means to marry him.
Woodcut illustration for the poem (ballad) "The Crown of Love" by George Meredith, in Once a Week magazine (which is a retelling of Marie de France's lai "The Two Lovers"). A king demands that a suitor for his More
Illustration for Chaper 10 of "Evan Harrington." Walking through Hampshire at night, Evan meets an old friend whom it takes him a minute to recognize. It's Jack Raikes, impecunious ham actor and son of a gentl More
First illustration in the serial publication of Evan Harrington, by George Meredith (Once a Week, Volume 2, page 133). Depicts three tradesmen conversing in a street -- Melchisedec Harrington's neighbours, who More
Illustration for the story "Divorce a Vinculo," Once a Week magazine, Volume 2, page 319. Mr. Barber's grievance against Mrs. Barber: visits from her relatives.
Initial for the story "The Science of Matrimony": The Wandering Jew tormented by Cupid for all his centuries
Illustration for the story "Lost in the Fog." Depicts a dead man being fished out of the Thames after a foggy day; he is assumed to have fallen in by not seeing the edge, such accidents being not uncommon. The More
Illustration for the story "The Science of Matrimony": The G. C. club, an organization for men who consider themselves tyrannised by their wives, gather in the smoking room.
View of the Castle of Ehrenhausen from Felsenberg. Woodcut for a magazine article, Once a Week magazine, Volume 2, page 307.
Illustration for "The Head Master's Sister" (Once a Week magazine, volume 2, page 389). During a school outing, the junior teacher accompanies the head master's sister to see a view (here, they are crossing a More
Illustration for Chapter 15 of "Evan Harrington". Once a Week magazine, volume 2, page 353. The Countess, as part of a campaign to enthrall Harry Jocelyn, has taken him with her to church and is keeping his at More
Illustration for the story "Witches and Witchcraft." Ellen's mother (holding the baby in this illustration) believes that a witch has cast the evil eye on Ellen (in the chair inside), blaming this for quarrels More
Illustration for the story "Spirit Painting." A ghost has appeared to a painter and asked to have her portrait done. Once a Week magazine, volume 2, page 424.
Illustration for the story "The Science of Matrimony." The mistress of a finishing school shows her students a drama about the life of a poor man's wife to remind them to marry well. Once a Week magazine, volu More
Illustration for the story "The Previous Question". Political patronage and social one-upmanship at a party. The ambitious couple who are the story's main characters fade excluded into the background at right. More
illustration for Chapter 4 of Evan Harrington (Once a Week magazine, volume 2, page 155). Depicts the young hero, Evan, and heroine, Rose, on the deck of a ship as they arrive back in England from having been More
Illustration for Chapter 19 of "Evan Harrington". The Countess de Saldar spends an afternoon in fashionable langueur. She has asked to borrow Rose's album (the book where Victorian friends would write messages More
Jays yell warnings while a fox attempts to sneak up on rabbits. The rabbits dive into their holes. Wood engraving for a magazine article, Once a Week, volume 2, page 506.
Illustration for the story "The London Clubs," captioned "Mr. Baker at the Club."Wood engraving, Once a Week magazine, volume 2, page 529.
Illustration for "A Legend of Swaffham." (Once a Week magazine, volume 2, page 549). The tinker of Swaffham, directed by a dream, has gone to London and encounters someone on London Bridge who has important in More
Illustration for Chaper 9 of Evan Harrington. Published in Once a Week magazine, volume 2, page 243. In this scene, the Countess de Saldar, English born but proud of her Portuguese noble title so that she alwa More
June landscape with seasonal plants and animals. Illustration for the series "The Months" in Once a Week magazine, volume 2, page 563.
Illustration for Chaper 10 of "Evan Harrington" (Once a Week magazine, volume 2, page 265). While waking to Fallowfield at night, Evan finds a woman huddled miserably on a stone and offers her aid.
Illustration for Chaper 8 of "Evan Harrington", Once a Week magazine, volume 2, page 221. Depicts the brothers Tom (left) and Andrew Cogglesby at an inn. Their conversation is very argumentative in a brotherly More
"Portrait of the Respondent, in the possession of the Petitioner's family." Initial letter for the story "Divorce a Vinculo," Once a Week magazine, Volume 2, page 317.
Illustration for the story "Divorce a Vinculo": According to Mrs. Barber, she was sitting in bed singing a beautiful hymn by Watts when her husband, preparing to retire, burst in and snarled at her to "shut up More
A room in the Castle of Ehrenhausen. Woodcut for a magazine article, Once a Week magazine, Volume 2, page 306.
Illustration for Chapter 13 of Evan Harrington; or, He Would Be a Gentleman, Once a Week magazine, Volume 2, page 309. The crowd at a cricket match; Evan Harrington has picked up a small boy so he can look aro More
Illustration for the poem "Only for Something to Say." An unwise romantic commitment is made at a party by a young man who doesn't know how to turn down the young lady flirting with him. Once a Week magazine, More
Illustration for the story "Divorce a Vinculo": Worried husbands gather in front of the divorce court, thinking about the power that divorces take away from them. Once a Week magazine, Volume 2, page 325.
Illustration for Chapter 16 of "Evan Harrington". An uncomfortable conversation in a conservatory: Rose Jocelyn metaphorically demands that Evan Harrington, who's been drifting through the summer, chose a futu More
Illustration for "The Head Master's Sister" (Once a Week magazine, volume 2, page 393). The wedding breakfast.
Illustration for Chapter 14 of Evan Harrington, Once a Week magazine, Volume 2, page 331. Depicts the behaviour of Harry Jocelyn & friends after finding out that one of the guests at Beckley is a tailor. "[The More
Illustration for "The Head Master's Sister" (Once a Week magazine, volume 2, page 386). An under-teacher's solitude.
Illustration for the story "The Science of Matrimony": The Wandering Jew is tracked down by his wife, Salome, the "Wandering Jewess"
May landscape with seasonal plants and animals. Illustration for the series "The Months" in Once a Week magazine, volume 2, page 420.
Illustration for Chapter 18 of "Evan Harrington" (Once a Week magazine, volume 2, page 431). Evan gives Rose's maid Polly a lift from the village to the manor, having found her sheltering from the rain under a More
Illustration for the poem "The Gloves." Once a Week magazine, volume 2, page 402.
Illustration for "My Adventures with a Passport in Russia;" in this scene, the traveler is followed by police spies and stopped by guards wherever he goes. Once a Week magazine, volume 3, page 557.
Illustration for the story "The Previous Question." Jones accompanies his wife bonnet-shopping. The bonnet is (indirectly) the cause of him going into politics, since his wife is in a rivalry with the wife of More
Illustration for the story "The Previous Question." Jones's enthusiasm for the political career he is about to embark on: "The Hansom cab passed up the Edgware Road, and visions of future Parliamentary distinc More
Lord Halford pleads his love to Lady Edith. Illustration for "The Secret That Can't Be Kept," a short dramatic piece by Robert Bell. Once a Week magazine, volume 2, page 430.
Illustration for the story "The Previous Question". The would-be politician demonstrates his rhetorical ability at the breakfast table, applauded by his wife.Wood engraving in Once a Week, volume 2, page 451.
Illustration for the story "The Science of Matrimony"
Illustration for the article "The Leper" in Once a Week magazine, volume 2, page 477.
Illustration for the poem "Non Satis," Once a Week magazine, volume 3, page 575. "I am jealous of all senseless things / That near and and touch thee--of the fluttering wind / That dallies round with fond, fam More
Illustration for "Mr. Lorquison's Story." The man on the right played a joke on the gardener on the left, sending him herring roe he swore was exotic seeds; the gardener turned the joke around by showing him t More
Illustration for the story "The Derby Day," captioned "Preliminary canter."Wood engraving, Once a Week magazine, volume 2, page 610.Wood engraving, Once a Week magazine, volume 2, page 498.
Illustration for the "sensation" story "Tenants at Number Twenty-Seven." Depicts the arrival of Captain Luard, who is losing his wits, at the desolate house where he has taken his daughter and the old family s More
Illustration for Chapter 21 of "Evan Harrington". Agitation after Evan falls from his horse in a competition with his romantic rival. Front left, the Countess in flounces has sharp words for Rose (the cause of More
Illustration for the story "The Derby Day," captioned "The Favourite in the paddock."Wood engraving, Once a Week magazine, volume 2, page 501.
Illustration for the ghost story "The Lake at Yssbrooke," in which a dead woman appears to tell people that her corpse is in the lake. Wood engraving, Once a Week, volume 2, page 538.
Illustration for Chapter 23 of "Evan Harrington". Evan and Rose: A mutual declaration of love. Once a Week, volume 2, page 515.
Illustration for the story "The Emigrant Artist," Once a Week magazine, volume 3, page 608.
View of Lord Byron's home Newstead Abbey; wood engraving for a magazine article. Once a Week, volume 2, page 539.
Illustration for the story "The Two Fingers." Depicts a dark room, a man in a nightshirt holding a sword upraised, while a hand tries to enter under the door. Once a Week magazine, volume 2, page 561.
Illustration for the article "White-Bait Dinners." A dining party at a Greenwich restaurant, with ladies invited.Wood engraving, Once a Week magazine, volume 2, page 556.
Illustration for Chapter 24 of "Evan Harrington". Raikes arrives at Beckley Court and makes a spectacle of himself. The servants are not managing to keep a straight face. Once a Week, volume 2, page 543.
Illustration for the article "The Small Things of London," depicting a well-dressed child at the entrance to a teashop handing a pastry to a small boy in rags, while half-a-dozen other poor children watch.Wood More
Illustration for Chapter 25 of "Evan Harrington." Once a Week, volume 2, page 599. Rose has gone out to do some dog training with her retriever Pat, and her would-be-fiancé Ferdinand Laxley meets up with her. More
Illustration for the poem "The Knight's Grave" by Edwin Arnold. Once a Week magazine, volume 3, page 500.
Illustration for the sentimental story "My Angel's Visit," Once a Week magazine, volume 3, page 658.
Illustration for "The Little Redcaps of Kerleau" -- inspired by Breton stories. Korrigans/lutins/imps confined in a box make trouble when it's opened. Once a Week magazine, volume 3, page 498.
Illustration for Chapter 26 of "Evan Harrington". Once a Week, volume 2, page 599. Mrs. Mel faces down Tom Cogglesby. He has been bullying the landlady of the Dolphin (at back) with demands and insults, but Mr More
A street view of Nuremberg, circa 1860, wood engraving illustration for a magazine article. Once a Week, volume 3, page 720.
Illustration for the month December in Harriet Martineau's series of articles about country life, "The Months." Once a Week magazine, volume 3, page 681.