Dalziel, unidentified children’s book illustration made for the publisher Nelson and Sons

There is a palpable awkwardness to the use of line in this illustration that curiously echoes the awkwardness of the adolescent bodies.
Dalziel, unidentified children’s book illustration made for the publisher Nelson and Sons. Dalziel Archive Vol. XXIII (1867), British Museum reg. no. 1913,0415.184, print no. 289.
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