This charming illustration (I particularly like the startled gentleman in the background) is just a reassurance that things don’t change so much.
It’s to be found in a book on English book illustration between 1800 and 1900 and what a golden age this was.
The period begins with Blake, Bewick and Cruikshank and ends with Morris and Beardsley – a period of significant changes in style and taste. Important to remember too, that many of these were illustrations produced for adult literature although this was the period that saw the miraculous illustrations by Caldecott, Greenaway, Crane and Tenniel for children.
Glorious.
The Solitary Reader 