Parables from Nature with Notes on the Natural History
Red leather binding stamped in gilt, pages gilt edged, marbleized end papers. List of contents names stories and illustrators, end notes.
Frontispiece, Philip Hermogenes Calderon, Student Meditating on Nature (engraved by Horace Harral).
Facing p. 1, Philip Hermogenes Calderon, A Lesson of Faith (engraved by Horace Harral).
Facing p. 7, George Thomas, The Law of Authority and Obedience (engraved by Horace Harral).
Facing p. 17, William Henry Millais, Unknown Land[s] (engraved by Horace Harral).
Facing p. 27, Philip Hermogenes Calderon, Knowledge Not the Limit of Belief (engraved by Horace Harral).
Facing p. 37, George HousmanThomas, Training and Restraining (engraved by Horace Harral).
Facing p. 45, William Holman Hunt, The Light of Truth (engraved by Horace Harral).
Facing p. 47, Otto Speckter, The Light of Truth (engraved by Henry N. Woods).
Facing p. 53, Charles West Cope, Waiting (engraved by Horace Harral).
Facing p. 61, Otto Speckter, A Lesson of Hope (engraved by Henry N. Woods).
Facing p. 67, Philip Hermogenes Calderon, The Circle of Blessing (engraved by Horace Harral).
Facing p. 81, Otto Speckter, The Law of the Wood (engraved by Henry N. Woods).
Facing p. 93, William Holman Hunt, Active and Passive (engraved by Horace Harral).
Facing p. 113, Otto Speckter, Daily Bread (engraved by Henry N. Woods).
Facing p. 129, Edmund George Warren, Not Lost But Gone Before (engraved by Horace Harral).
Facing p. 145, Charles West Cope, Motes in the Sunbeam (engraved by Horace Harral).
Facing p. 151, William Bell Scott, Red Snow (engraved by Horace Harral).
Facing p. 169, John Tenniel, Whereunto? (engraved by Horace Harral).
Facing p. 179, George Housman Thomas, Purring When You're Pleased (engraved by Horace Harral).
Facing p. 187, Lorenz Frölich, The Voices of the Earth (engraved by Horace Harral).
Facing p. 195, William Bell Scott, The Master of the Harvest (engraved by Horace Harral).
Facing p. 205, Edward Burne-Jones, The Deliverer (engraved by Horace Harral).
Facing p. 213, William Paton Burton, Inferior Animals (engraved by Horace Harral).
Facing p. 235, Lorenz Frölich, The General Thaw (engraved by Horace Harral).
Facing p. 245, Mary Ellen Edwards, The Light of Life (engraved by Horace Harral).
Facing p. 255, Lorenz Frölich, Gifts (engraved by Horace Harral).
Facing p. 265, George Housman Thomas, Night and Day (engraved by Horace Harral).
Facing p. 275, George Housman Thomas, Kicking (engraved by Horace Harral).
Facing p. 297, Charles Keene, Imperfect Instruments (engraved by Horace Harral).
Facing p. 317, Harrison Weir, Cobwebs (engraved by Horace Harral).
Facing p. 327, Joseph Wolf, Birds in the Nest (engraved by Horace Harral).
Frontispiece, Philip Hermogenes Calderon, Student Meditating on Nature (engraved by Horace Harral).
Facing p. 1, Philip Hermogenes Calderon, A Lesson of Faith (engraved by Horace Harral).
Facing p. 7, George Thomas, The Law of Authority and Obedience (engraved by Horace Harral).
Facing p. 17, William Henry Millais, Unknown Land[s] (engraved by Horace Harral).
Facing p. 27, Philip Hermogenes Calderon, Knowledge Not the Limit of Belief (engraved by Horace Harral).
Facing p. 37, George HousmanThomas, Training and Restraining (engraved by Horace Harral).
Facing p. 45, William Holman Hunt, The Light of Truth (engraved by Horace Harral).
Facing p. 47, Otto Speckter, The Light of Truth (engraved by Henry N. Woods).
Facing p. 53, Charles West Cope, Waiting (engraved by Horace Harral).
Facing p. 61, Otto Speckter, A Lesson of Hope (engraved by Henry N. Woods).
Facing p. 67, Philip Hermogenes Calderon, The Circle of Blessing (engraved by Horace Harral).
Facing p. 81, Otto Speckter, The Law of the Wood (engraved by Henry N. Woods).
Facing p. 93, William Holman Hunt, Active and Passive (engraved by Horace Harral).
Facing p. 113, Otto Speckter, Daily Bread (engraved by Henry N. Woods).
Facing p. 129, Edmund George Warren, Not Lost But Gone Before (engraved by Horace Harral).
Facing p. 145, Charles West Cope, Motes in the Sunbeam (engraved by Horace Harral).
Facing p. 151, William Bell Scott, Red Snow (engraved by Horace Harral).
Facing p. 169, John Tenniel, Whereunto? (engraved by Horace Harral).
Facing p. 179, George Housman Thomas, Purring When You're Pleased (engraved by Horace Harral).
Facing p. 187, Lorenz Frölich, The Voices of the Earth (engraved by Horace Harral).
Facing p. 195, William Bell Scott, The Master of the Harvest (engraved by Horace Harral).
Facing p. 205, Edward Burne-Jones, The Deliverer (engraved by Horace Harral).
Facing p. 213, William Paton Burton, Inferior Animals (engraved by Horace Harral).
Facing p. 235, Lorenz Frölich, The General Thaw (engraved by Horace Harral).
Facing p. 245, Mary Ellen Edwards, The Light of Life (engraved by Horace Harral).
Facing p. 255, Lorenz Frölich, Gifts (engraved by Horace Harral).
Facing p. 265, George Housman Thomas, Night and Day (engraved by Horace Harral).
Facing p. 275, George Housman Thomas, Kicking (engraved by Horace Harral).
Facing p. 297, Charles Keene, Imperfect Instruments (engraved by Horace Harral).
Facing p. 317, Harrison Weir, Cobwebs (engraved by Horace Harral).
Facing p. 327, Joseph Wolf, Birds in the Nest (engraved by Horace Harral).
Artwork Details
- Title: Parables from Nature with Notes on the Natural History
- Author: Margaret Gatty (British, 1807–1873)
- Engraver: Horace Harral (British, Ipswich 1817–1905 Hastings)
- Engraver: Henry N. Woods (British, active 1855–70)
- Illustrator: Sir Edward Burne-Jones (British, Birmingham 1833–1898 Fulham)
- Illustrator: William Paton Burton (British (born India), Madras 1828–1883 Kincardineshire, Scotland)
- Illustrator: Philip Hermogenes Calderon (French, Poitiers 1833–1898 London)
- Illustrator: Charles West Cope (British, Leeds 1811–1890 Bournemouth)
- Illustrator: Mary Ellen Edwards (British, Kingston upon Thames 1838–1934 London)
- Illustrator: William Holman Hunt (British, London 1827–1910 London)
- Illustrator: Lorenz Frølich (Danish, Copenhagen 1820–1908 Hellerup)
- Illustrator: Charles Samuel Keene (British, Hornsey, Middlesex 1823–1891 London)
- Illustrator: William Henry Millais (British, London 1828–1899 Farnham, Surrey)
- Illustrator: William Bell Scott (British, Edinburgh, Scotland 1811–1890 Ayreshire)
- Illustrator: Otto Speckter (German, Hamburg 1807–1871 Hamburg)
- Illustrator: Sir John Tenniel (British, London 1820–1914 London)
- Illustrator: George Housman Thomas (British, London 1824–1868 Boulogne)
- Illustrator: Edmund George Warren (British, London 1834–1909 Edmonton)
- Illustrator: Harrison William Weir (British, Lewes 1824–1906 Appledore, Kent)
- Illustrator: Joseph Wolf (German, Moers 1820–1899 London)
- Publisher: Bell and Daldy (London)
- Published in: London
- Date: 1865
- Medium: Illustrations: wood engraving
- Dimensions: 8 7/8 x 6 1/2 x 1 3/4 in. (22.5 x 16.5 x 4.4 cm)
- Classification: Books
- Credit Line: Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1970
- Object Number: 1970.565.224
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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