The Dalziel Brothers worked with many important Victorian artists, producing illustrations for the burgeoning magazine and book market of the period. Among the artists they worked with were
Arthur Boyd Houghton,
Richard Doyle,
Myles Birket Foster,
John Gilbert,
William Holman Hunt,
John Everett Millais,
John Proctor,
Dante Gabriel Rossetti and
James McNeill Whistler. They cut the illustrations to
Edward Lear's
Book of Nonsense (1862);
Lewis Carroll's
Alice in Wonderland and
Through the Looking-Glass. They also produced independent ventures, most notably
The Parables of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ (London: Routledge, 1864), illustrated by Millais, and contributed humorous cartoons to magazines such as
Fun, which George and Edward acquired in 1865. Until the advent of photo-mechanical processes 1880, they were pre-eminent in their trade. Examples of their work can be seen in the
Victoria and Albert Museum in London. At the end of the nineteenth century they collaborated on an autobiographical summary of their work:
The Brothers Dalziel, A Record of Work, 1840–1890 published by
Methuen. George Dalziel is buried in a family vault in the Egyptian Avenue in
Highgate Cemetery. Edward Dalziel is buried in a family vault in the Circle of Lebanon in Highgate Cemetery. ==Gallery==