Simply using blue ink for this magazine cover is an economical way of giving it a distinctive modern look. The Argosy was an important periodical for establishing the genre of sensation fiction.
Dalziel after Walter Crane, illustrated wrapper for for the periodical The Argosy, vol. 5, 1867-1868, edited by Ellen Wood. Dalziel Archive Vol. XXIII (1867), British Museum reg. no. 1913,0415.184, print no. 207.
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