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Joseph Crawhall II (1821–1896) was born at West House, Newcastle. ==Life== Crawhall, like his father (also Joseph), a Newcastle ropemaker, was interested in writing and water-colour painting. He went on to produce many books, illustrated by himself. His first (printed by himself in 1859) was entitled ''The Compleatest Angling Booke That Ever was Writ''. The second edition (printed in 1881) contained illustrations from his son, Joseph Crawhall and James Guthrie (1859–1930). Crawhall was a friend of Charles Keene (1823–1891), illustrator of ''Punch'', and they worked together for over 200 drawings for the journal. There are 21 albums of these drawings in the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum. Joseph Crawhall II was a man of many talents. As well as a wood engraver and writer, he was a businessman, patron of the arts, campaigner for the preservation of architecture, collaborator of Charles Keene, book designer, collector of antiquities, and keen angler, as well as becoming secretary of the Newcastle Arts Association in 1880. Fully absorbed in the life of a thriving and productive city, he made a significant contribution to Newcastle in every area of interest that he pursued. In his role as a collector of antiquities he published “A Beuk o’ Newcassell Sangs Collected by Joseph Crawhall” in 1888. It too was a pictorial book, giving in this case, the lyrics of the songs, in many cases the actual music, and all beautifully illustrated using his woodcuts. The “‘A pictorial archive of quaint cuts in the chap book style”was published by Dover Press (and is now long out of print) is a collection of “quaint cuts” taken from their original, many of which lose their meaning when removed from the original context. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joseph Crawhall II」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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