The illustrations in books and stories are the pictorial representation of the writer's imagination. They accompany the reader into a world of fantasy or underline the events of the world in their expressiveness. As early as the 18th century, the desire of bourgeois society arose to add illustrations to the world of books and magazines. This desire marked the beginning of the cultural-historical development of literary illustration. A form of art that became commonplace. An art form that was considered more of a craft than an art until the Arts and Craft movement in the mid-19th century. The Arts and Craft movement sought the natural beauty of things and the aesthetics of craft in an age of advancing industrialization. The painters William Morris and John Ruskin began to create a connection between art, society and production. The book moved to center stage and the era of artfully illustrated publishing editions began.
At the birth of William Hatherell, the English kingdom was led by Victoria. A regent who stood one for progress and made England the center of industrialization. In the arts, an antithesis was awakening. A longing for magical creatures and fantastic worlds developed, which could be realized in the legendary stories of King Arthur and in Shakespeare's novel heroes. The artist Hatherell lost himself in this magic. Often his models had to pose for hours in his courtyard until he captured the message of his work. Regardless of whether Juliet was waiting on the balcony or current events were to be clarified by an illustration. Hatherell did not allow himself to drift and consistently followed through on his aspirations for art. Contrary to the opinions of his contemporaries and those of his patrons, the artist did not place productivity and profit above aesthetics.
The spirit of the age and the state of technology stripped Hatherell's works of much of their original quality. The paper, the ink, and ultimately the print quality turned great art into an inferior consumer product. To the reading public, the subtle shading and expressive gestures of the figures in William's works remained hidden. Malicious tongues were of the opinion that bourgeois society would not recognize quality anyway. Crude illustrations, far from Hatherell's artistic sensibility, were quite sufficient for the consuming middle classes. Hatherell accepted the discrepancy between his work and the printed result. The artist continued his work undeterred, knowing that his viewers would never be able to see the real art that was in his work. Modern technology gives William's illustrations a new glow and allows him to receive the artistic honor that was once denied him. Perhaps Hatherell once thought, on a long afternoon in his yard, that no one would ever know the difference. Just a few generations later, however, the time has come and the beauty of the original paintings is authentically replicated.
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.jpg "Mafeking: The Wolf That Never Sleeps, 1901 by William Hatherell")
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.jpg "Peter and John healing the lame man by William Hatherell")
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.jpg "The Heroine of Fifty Years Ago: Miss Florence Nightingale in the Hospital at Scutari by William Hatherell")
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.jpg "Shakespeare Removes His Hat as He Hears the Sound of a Passing Bell by William Hatherell")
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.jpg "Then came Jesus and stood in the midst by William Hatherell")
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.jpg "The Studio by William Hatherell")
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.jpg "Portrait of Emily Hatherell, the Artist")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-937916).jpg "Romeo and Juliet, Act V Scene 4 by William Hatherell")
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.jpg "The two went and stood side by side before a great mirror by William Hatherell")
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.jpg "Shakespeare Buys a Volume at a Book Stall, from My Magazine by William Hatherell")
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.jpg "One Shaft, Falling from Heaven, Pierced His Right Eye by William Hatherell")
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.jpg "Eleanor Cobham refused sanctuary at Westminster by William Hatherell")
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.jpg "Abraham offering Isaac by William Hatherell")
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.jpg "Shakespeare Gives a Penny to a Beggar, from My Magazine by William Hatherell")
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.jpg "The voice of one crying in the wilderness by William Hatherell")
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.jpg "The Little Prince of Poverty Passed In by William Hatherell")
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.jpg "Pharaoh tells his dream to the wise men by William Hatherell")
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.jpg "Paul before Agrippa, from The Bible Story published by Hodder & Stoughton by William Hatherell")
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.jpg "Shakespeare Calls in at the Herald")
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.jpg "Paul and Silas in prison by William Hatherell")
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.jpg "Shakespeare Buys an Orange from a Woman on Tower Hill, from My Magazine by William Hatherell")
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.jpg "Shakespeare Notes the Foolish Fashions of the Fops on Ludgate Hill, from My Magazine by William Hatherell")
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.jpg "The raising of Lazarus by William Hatherell")
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.jpg "Christ walking on the sea by William Hatherell")
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.jpg "Shakespeare Sees a Party of Apprentices with Their Bows and Arrows Going to the Archery Grounds at Moorfields, from My Magazine by William Hatherell")
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.jpg "Shakespeare Watches a Bear on Its Way to the Bear Garden at Bankside, from My Magazine by William Hatherell")
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.jpg "The finding of Moses, from The Bible Story published by Hodder & Stoughton, c.1930 by William Hatherell")
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.jpg "Herkomers Studio, 1890 by William Hatherell")
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.jpg "En Route for the Gold Fields, Australia, 1887 by William Hatherell")
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.jpg "Interior of St. Albans Church, Holborn by William Hatherell")
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.jpg "Shakespeare Watching Children Play near Temple Bar, from My Magazine by William Hatherell")
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.jpg "Scenes of Poignant Joy and Pathos Enacted at the Great Railway Stations of London by William Hatherell")
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.jpg "Elizabeth Bay, Sydney by William Hatherell")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1174196).jpg "An Elizabethan Traffic Jam by William Hatherell")
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.jpg "Alma Tademas Former Studio by William Hatherell")
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.jpg "Hindus bringing cotton through the Western Ghauts 1862 AD by William Hatherell")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1118863).jpg "Crossing the Brook by William Hatherell")
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.jpg "Shakespeare Listens to the Ballad Singers near Somerset House, from My Magazine by William Hatherell")
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.jpg "The Emperor Theodore Granting an Audience by William Hatherell")
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.jpg "A Study of Strategy - Stage VI by William Hatherell")
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.jpg "A Quiet Spot by William Hatherell")
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