Robert Barnes, 1840-after 1893 (original) (raw)

• Brief Biographical Introduction

• Illustrations for the 1886 serialised version of Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge

• Illustration for Ch. 39 of Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge

• Farfrae was footing a quaint little dance with Elizabeth-Jane (13 February, 1886) (illus. Ch 15, The Mayor of Casterbridge)

• Twenty Large-scale Illustrations by Robert Barnes for Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge (2 Jan. — 15 May, 1886)

• Honest Work (Cornhill Magazine)

• Death by suffocation (Cornhill Magazine)

• The Farmer and Rain (The British Workman)

• Snow Track, or the Impressions We Leave Behind Us (The British Workman)

• The Pitman to his Wife (The Sunday Magazine)

• ‘What, Bob, off again’? (The Quiver)

• Church Parade at Brighton. A blustery day (The Graphic, Vol. 42 (19 July 1890))

• Unwelcome Visitors — Crows at a Tennis Party in India (The Graphic)

• A Surprise in The Cornhill Magazine (Vol. X, September 1864)

• At the Stile in The Cornhill Magazine (Vol. IX, April 1864)

• My Baby in The Cornhill Magazine (Vol. IX, May 1864)

• The Two Faces in The Cornhill Magazine (Vol. IX, June 1864)

• A Merry-go-round on the Ice in The Graphic Christmas Number (Vol. XLII: 27 December 1890)

• Uncaptioned Vignette for Chapter Ten of Frederick Greenwood's Margaret Denzil's History in The Cornhill Magazine (Vol. IX, February 1864)

• Charity in Pictures from English Life (1865)

• The Cottage Door in Pictures from English Life (1865)

• The Sick Child in Pictures from English Life (1865)

• A Humble Mind in Touches of Nature by Eminent Artists and Authors (1867)

• A Tender Treasure in Touches of Nature by Eminent Artists and Authors (1867)

• The School Master Noted the Little Sisterly Touch in Alfred Hagart's Household in Good Words (Vol. VI, Jan. 1865)

• She Put Sovereigns in Our Hands, and Told Us They Were Pennies in Alfred Hagart's Household in Good Words (Vol. VI, Feb. 1865)

• "Puir Thing!" said the Washerwoman. in Alfred Hagart's Household in Good Words (Vol. VI, March 1865)

• He Looked Low and Downhearted Enough as He Sat Before the Fire. in Alfred Hagart's Household in Good Words (Vol. VI, April 1865)

• "At the word of 'Heaven,' Mrs. Hagart Pressed Her Face Down upon the Bed-clothes." in Alfred Hagart's Household in Good Words (Vol. VI, May 1865)

• "Come along." in Good Words (Vol. VI, June 1865, facing p. 517).

• "And so, John, you have completed the first year of your teens." in Good Words (Vol. VI, 1 October 1865, facing p. 740).

• "Don't ask any questions. The subject is very painful." in Good Words (Vol. VI, November 1865, facing p. 979).

• "The members of the family should be known to each other." in Good Words (Vol. VI, 1 June 1865, facing p. 440).

• A Gallery of Robert Barnes's Illustrations for The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy in The Graphic

• A Gallery of Robert Barnes's Illustrations for Various Victorian Periodicals: The Graphic, Good Words, The Quiver, etc.

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Bibliography

Allingham, Philip V. "A Consideration of Robert Barnes' Illustrations for Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge as Serialised in the London Graphic: 2 January-15 May, 1886." Victorian Periodicals Review 28, 1 (Spring 1995): pp. 27-39

Greenwood, Frederick. Margaret Denzil's History. Illustrated by Robert Barnes. The Cornhill Magazine. Vol. 10. London: Smith, Elder, July-December 1864.

Hardy, Florence Emily. The Early Life of Thomas Hardy, 1840-1891. 2 vols. London: Macmillan, 1928.

Hardy, Thomas. The Mayor of Casterbridge. The Graphic 33 (2 January-15 May 1886).

Hardy, Thomas. The Mayor of Casterbridge: A Story of a Man of Character. London: Osgood McIlvaine, 1895.

Jackson, Arlene. "The Mayor of Casterbridge: Realism and Metaphor."Illustration and the Novels of Thomas Hardy. Totowa, NJ: Rowman and Littlefield, 1981. Pp. 96-104.

Pictures of English Life / After Original Studies by R. Barnes and E. M. Wimperis. Engraved by J. D. Cooper / With Descriptive Poems by J. G. Watts. London: Sampson Low. Son and Marston, 14 Ludgate Hill, 1865.

Smith, Alexander. Alfred Hagart's Household. Illustrated by Robert Barnes. Good Words (Vol. VI), January-November 1865.

Touches of Nature by Eminent Artists and Authors. Rpt. from Good Words. London: Strahan, 1867.

Wright, Sarah Bird. "The Mayor of Casterbridge. Thomas Hardy A to Z: The Essential Reference to His Life and Work. New York: Facts On File, 2002. Pp. 207-216.

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