Sketches of Irish Character
Hall made a successful career as a writer in London, where she forged a powerful partnership with her husband Samuel Carter Hall (1800–1889). He was editor of the monthly periodical "The Art Journal" and, together the Irish-born Halls, published extensively about their native Ireland. In the 1820s she published a number of articles which were gathered together into an anthology in 1829, with another in 1831. In this publication, the expanded third edition from 1842, Hall commissioned leading illustrators to contribute "very beautiful illustrations" as she described them in the introduction. Some came from Ireland, including Cork-born Daniel Maclise who contributed the frontispiece, "Lilly O'Brien."
Artwork Details
- Title: Sketches of Irish Character
- Author: Anna Maria Hall (Irish, Dublin 1800–1881 East Molesey, Surrey)
- Illustrator: Daniel Maclise (Irish, Cork 1806–1870 London)
- Illustrator: John Franklin (British, ca. 1800–after 1868)
- Illustrator: William Henry Brooke (British, London (?) 1772–1860 Chichester, Sussex)
- Illustrator: John Rogers Herbert (British, Maldon, Essex 1810–1890 London)
- Illustrator: William Evans (British, Eton 1798–1877 Eton)
- Illustrator: Robert Ronald McIan (British (born Scotland), 1803–1856 Hampstead)
- Illustrator: James Christopher Timbrell (British, Dublin 1807–1850 Portsmouth)
- Illustrator: Henry Nelson O'Neil (British (born Russia), St. Petersburg 1817–1880 London)
- Illustrator: Charles Harvey Weigall (British, 1794–1877 London)
- Illustrator: Sir John Gilbert (British, London 1817–1897 London)
- Illustrator: William Harvey (British, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1796–1866 Richmond, Surrey)
- Illustrator: Andrew Nicholl (Irish, Belfast 1804–1886 London)
- Illustrator: Henry James Townsend (British, Taunton, Somerset 1810–1890)
- Illustrator: H. McManus (British, active 19th century)
- Illustrator: Fanny McIan (British, Bath 1814–1897 London)
- Illustrator: Samuel West (Irish, ca. 1810–after 1867)
- Illustrator: Nicholas Joseph Crowley (Irish, Dublin 1819–1857 London)
- Illustrator: George Frederick Sargent (British, 1811–1864 London)
- Illustrator: George Cruikshank (British, London 1792–1878 London)
- Engraver: William James Linton (British, London 1812–1897 New Haven, Connecticut)
- Engraver: Cosmo Armstrong (British, Birmingham 1781–1836)
- Engraver: John Bastin (British, active 1840s, died 1851)
- Engraver: (?) Henry Richard Cook (British, active 1802–49)
- Engraver: Freeman Gage Delamotte (British, Sandhurst 1813/14–1862 London)
- Engraver: Edmund Evans (British, Southwark, London 1826–1905 Ventnor, Isle of Wight)
- Engraver: Thomas Gilks (British, 1814–1877)
- Engraver: W. T. Green (British, active 1837–72)
- Engraver: John Jackson (British, Ovingham, Northumberland 1801–1848 London)
- Engraver: Ebenezer Landells (British, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1808–1860 West Brompton)
- Engraver: Abraham John Mason (British, London 1794–1858)
- Engraver: J. Nugent (British, active 19th century)
- Engraver: Henry Robinson (British, active 1827–72)
- Engraver: Samuel Machin Slader (British, active 1828–41)
- Engraver: Stephen Sly (British, active 1836–47)
- Engraver: John Orrin Smith (British, Colchester, Essex 1799–1843 London)
- Engraver: John Thompson (British, Manchester 1785–1866 London)
- Engraver: J. Wakefield (British, active 1840–70)
- Engraver: John Walmsley (British, active 1839–78)
- Engraver: Josiah Wood Whymper (British, Ipswich 1813–1903 Haslemere)
- Publisher: Plates by Jeremiah How (London)
- Printer: Plates by Alfred Adlard (British, 19th century)
- Publisher: How and Parsons (London)
- Printer: Wright and Co. (London)
- Dedicatee: Thomas Boyse (Irish, 1781–1854)
- Date: 1842
- Medium: Illustrations: wood engraving
- Dimensions: 10 7/16 x 7 1/2 x 1 3/8 in. (26.5 x 19.1 x 3.5 cm)
- Classification: Books
- Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
- Object Number: 17.3.2641(25)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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