Artist: C.J. STANILAND / Charles Joseph Staniland, RI ROI - drawing (British, 1838 - 1916) and CHARLES ROBERTS - engraver (British, active 1870 - 1897)
Title: "On Board an Emigrant Ship - The Breakfast Bell"
Medium: Original Antique Copper & Wood Engraving - 1884
Signature: Signed by the Artist in the plate, as shown
Edition: Publication believed to be 5000
Size: 23 1/2 x 16 inches (total paper)
Printer: William Luson Thomas (British, 1830 - 1900)
Publisher: Illustrated Newspapers Ltd. at The Graphic
Note: The influence of The Graphic within the art world was immense; its many admirers included Vincent van Gogh and Hubert von Herkomer.
Provenance: Hatay Stratton Fine Art, Northampton, Massachusetts
About the Artist: Like Hubert von Herkomer, Charles Joseph Staniland was one of the leading Social Realist illustrators of the late Victorian period. Particularly associated with their work for The Graphic, where he inspired Vincent Van Gogh. While specialising in genre, marines and historical subjects, he also painted portraits and produced watercolours of still life and bird subjects. At the same time, Staniland developed a prolific and successful career as an illustrator. Contributing to numerous periodicals, he became a staff member of The Illustrated London News, and later of The Graphic; his Social Realist images for the latter, including those of mining, were much admired by Vincent Van Gogh. Increasingly, he also illustrated books, especially popular adventure stories by such authors as George Manville Fenn and George Alfred Henty.
Charles Roberts was a wood-engraver, who worked for the 'Illustrated London News' (1870), 'The Graphic' (1873-1898), and the 'Magazine of Art' (1878-81). Roberts often signs work 'C R' or 'C Roberts'.