Collection items

Bel Demonio and Fabian's Tower

Book, Yellow back, Illustration, Image

Ward & Lock closely followed Routledge as the most prolific publisher of yellowbacks, producing series such as the Run a...

Christmas card with picture of tea leaves

Card, Illustration, Image Created date: c. 19th century

Sir Henry Cole devised the first Christmas card in 1843, but it wasn’t until the 1880s that festive cards were mass prod...

Penny dreadful, Black Bess

Penny dreadful, Serial, Illustration, Image

Black Bess is a heavily fictionalised account of the life and death of the infamous English highway bandit Dick Turpin ...

Sketches illustrating the months by George Cruiksh...

Print, Image

These month-themed illustrations show off the skills of the caricaturist George Cruikshank at their best: the scenes are...

Wilkie Collins, The Moonstone

Book, Illustration, Image

The Moonstone is generally considered the first detective novel in English, but it might better be described as the firs...