The 19th century produced a plethora of periodicals. Readers flocked to outlets weekly, choosing from the overwhelming array of topics and disciplines. Journals and magazines were among the most popular media of the time. It was also the era of illustrators. A bevy of artists developed in the media cities to feed the hungry readership with images. And although printing technology and photography had reached a technical level that could well take over the visual language of magazines, many publishers still relied on the artistic value in the reports. As the artist of a large crowd, the individual runs the risk of being left in the background. Frank Craig managed to position himself with his artistic talent and expressive images. As a native of England with a center of life in London, he managed to gain a high profile on the international art market and in the media world.
The standards for illustration art were high. The images had to convey a message and be in context with the written word. The text was the prioritized element in both the novels of the time and the magazines. The image should not question the truthfulness, as a photograph could achieve, nor should it create a romantic transfiguration. This was a balancing act that only artists who had developed an eye for reality and the real world could perform. Frank Craig conveyed emotion and was able to depict scenes with situational expression. The often rigid-looking lithographs took on an extraordinary liveliness and perspective under Craig's hands. To the viewer, many scenes seem familiar. When ladies, try out the first bicycles, a bright laughter seems to ring out. Music resounds in the ball scenes and even war scenes seem real and lifelike, but lack rawness. In addition to newspapers, Frank Craig illustrated novels, by the great authors of the day. Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Books and R.W.Chambers fantastic tales came alive through Craig.
Frank Craig was not only an illustrator, he was passionately devoted to portraiture and created some works that can be classified as history painting. The artist submitted his works to the exhibitions of the Royal Academy and the Paris Salon. The critics of both nations regarded the works with favor and distinguished Craig's art. It was not only the professional public that was enthralled by the paintings. Buyers of paintings were not slow to respond and it can be surmised that Craig was able to build a solid economic base. Frank Craig suffered throughout his life from an illness that is thought to have affected his lungs. He had to leave London and sought a place to live in a rural setting. At the age of only 44, the empathetic artist died of tuberculosis, immediately after a major exhibition in Lisbon.
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.jpg "The Christmas Dance, as it is among the Masses by Frank Craig")
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.jpg "Prince Henry of Prussia at Canton, watching the Fireworks at the Flower-Boat Fete by Frank Craig")
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.jpg "The Latest Cure, inside a Sun Bath at Stralau, near Berlin by Frank Craig")
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.jpg "Between the Devil and the Deep Sea, an Adventure of Italian Officers in Crete by Frank Craig")
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.jpg "Respected even by enemies: an incident of a Boer raid in Natal (illustration from After Pretoria: The Guerilla War, 1902) by Frank Craig")
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.jpg "The British in West Africa, a Palaver with the King of Abeokuta by Frank Craig")
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.jpg "For Safe Keeping during the War, a Ceremony at the Guildhall by Frank Craig")
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.jpg "The Gordon Memorial Ball at the Hotel Cecil, Between the Dances by Frank Craig")
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.jpg "Respected even by Enemies, An Incident of a Boer Raid in Natal by Frank Craig")
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.jpg "Twelfth Night at the Mansion House, Guests at the Children")
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.jpg "In the early days of our Century, a Society Function in 1800 by Frank Craig")
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.jpg "Athletic Sports on an Ocean Liner, the Bicycle Race by Frank Craig")
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.jpg "Lightening the Dull Hours of Convalescence, the Tea Party Given by Lady Falkiner in the Grounds of Her House at Wynberg by Frank Craig")
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.jpg "Hungary in London, the Bazaar in the Portman Rooms by Frank Craig")
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.jpg "The Crisis in Crete, scenes on the Island by Frank Craig")
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.jpg "The Arrival of the New Viceroy at Calcutta, the Procession passing the Old Court House by Frank Craig")
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.jpg "Under a Hail of Shells, Major Thorneycroft")
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.jpg "Their Last Journey, paying a Tribute of Respect to Japanese Soldiers killed during the Relief of Peking by Frank Craig")
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.jpg "The King and the 3rd Battalion Scots Guards, His Majesty Presenting the New Colours by Frank Craig")
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.jpg "Joining Hands, how the Forces of Lord Roberts and General Clements met at Norval")
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.jpg "Ping-Pong, the game of the day by Frank Craig")
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.jpg "In Aid of Charing Cross Hospital, the Bazaar at the Albert Hall by Frank Craig")
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.jpg "Sketches at the New India and Ceylon Exhibition at Earl")
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.jpg "The Queen and her Wounded Soldiers, Her Majesty at the Herbert Hospital, Woolwich by Frank Craig")
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.jpg "Caesar")
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.jpg "Registering the Birth of the Italian Princess, Queen Margherita Congratulating the King by Frank Craig")
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.jpg "The Sirdar")
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.jpg "General French")
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.jpg "A Welcome Messenger, How the First News Was Brought from Ladysmith by Frank Craig")
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.jpg "Nude in the Woods by Frank Craig")
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.jpg "Three Cheers for the Queen by Frank Craig")
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.jpg "Signora Duse as Silvia Settala in La Gioconda at the Lyceum by Frank Craig")
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.jpg "The Funeral of the Duke of Teck, the Service in St George")
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.jpg "An Afternoon Dance in a Battleship, the Guests arriving on Board by Frank Craig")
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.jpg "An Unwarlike Group in Cronje")
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.jpg "A Visit to the Koubbeh Palace, the Khedive")
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.jpg "The Feast of the Assumption in Antwerp, the Centennial Procession of the Virgin from Notre Dame by Frank Craig")
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.jpg "The First Ball of the Season at Government House, Sydney, in the Garden between the Dances by Frank Craig")
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.jpg "The Tale of a Masque and its Consequences by Frank Craig")
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.jpg "The Opening of the Coaching Season, the Meet of the Coaching Club at the Powder Magazine, Hyde Park by Frank Craig")
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.jpg "Winter in the Engadine, a Tailing Party at Davos Platz by Frank Craig")
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.jpg "The Banquet at the Town Hall, drinking the Toast, The Queen and Empire by Frank Craig")
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.jpg "Lord Roberts")
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.jpg "More Steam, the Stoke Hole of HMS Nile during the Rush South of the B Fleet by Frank Craig")
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.jpg "After the Victory, the Sirdar and his Staff being welcomed by the Natives on their entry into Berber by Frank Craig")
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.jpg "With the Allies in China, Soldiers and Sailors Amusing Themselves in a Crowded Thoroughfare in Peking by Frank Craig")
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.jpg "President Loubet at Nice, bringing a Wreath to Gambetta")
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.jpg "Placing the Body on the Catafalque in the Nave of St George")
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.jpg "The Return of Captain Dreyfus, Journalists at Fault by Frank Craig")
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.jpg "The Queen")
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.jpg "The Princess of Wales and the Freemasons, the Distribution of Prizes to Boys of the Royal Institution by Frank Craig")
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.jpg "The Maid by Frank Craig")
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.jpg "Watching the Lions Fed, a Great Attraction every afternoon at the Zoological Gardens by Frank Craig")
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.jpg "The end of the Indian Frontier Campaign, Afridis at Peshawur bidding Farewell to Sir William Lockhart by Frank Craig")
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.jpg "Panoramic View of the Battle of Colenso, the Fight against a Hidden Enemy by Frank Craig")
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.jpg "The Arrival of the Royal Yacht in Kingstown Harbour by Frank Craig")
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.jpg "The Army Manoeuvres, the KOS Borderers leaving Salisbury Cathedral by Frank Craig")
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.jpg "The Review of the Public Schools Volunteers by the Queen at Windsor by Frank Craig")
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.jpg "Relieved at Last, the Volunteer Cavalry which First reached Ladysmith cheering Sir George White by Frank Craig")
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.jpg "A Visit to the Koubbeh Palace, the Khedive")
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.jpg "The Relief of Kumassi, Major Morris receiving the Congratulations of the Governor by Frank Craig")
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.jpg "For Valour, the Queen decorating Honourable Lieutenant Robertson with the V C by Frank Craig")
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.jpg "The Lifeboat Fete at the Stafford House on the Grand Staircase by Frank Craig")
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.jpg "In a Hotly Contested Constituency, the Lady Mayoress canvassing by Frank Craig")
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.jpg "The Death of General Symons at the Battle of Talana Hill by Frank Craig")
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.jpg "Football under Strange Conditions, a Game Interrupted on the Gordon")
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.jpg "The Army Manoeuvres, with the Northern Army on Salisbury Plain by Frank Craig")
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.jpg "Ulysses, the New Play at Her Majesty")
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.jpg "Mr Kruger at Marseilles, the Arrival at the Hotel Noailles by Frank Craig")
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.jpg "The Court-Martial on Captain Dreyfus at Rennes, a Dramatic Incident of the Second Public Sitting by Frank Craig")
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.jpg "The Trial of Major Esterhazy in Paris, the Scene in Court by Frank Craig")
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.jpg "The Sirdar")
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.jpg "The Spanish-American War, the Battle of San Juan by Frank Craig")
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.jpg "The King at the Royal Amateur Orchestral Society")
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.jpg "The Opening of the Blackwall Tunnel, Arrival of the Royal Party at the Northern Entrance by Frank Craig")
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.jpg "Goblin Market by Frank Craig")
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.jpg "On the Road from Klondyke, the Difficulties of Transport by Frank Craig")
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.jpg "The Return of Lord Roberts, a Royal Welcome on the Alberta off Cowes by Frank Craig")
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.jpg "Trying to Surprise a Mobile Enemy, a Night March by Frank Craig")
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.jpg "The Great Canadian Water Chute at the Great Britain Exhibition at Earl")
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.jpg "The Youngest Commander-in-Chief in Europe by Frank Craig")
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.jpg "Off to the War, a Boer Commando Leaving Johannesburg for the Front by Frank Craig")
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.jpg "Refitting a Column in South Africa, Issuing New Clothing by Frank Craig")
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.jpg "In Honour of the King of Portugal, the Review on His Majesty")
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.jpg "The Battle of Dundee, storming the Boer Position on Talana Hill by Frank Craig")
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.jpg "The Doll Race, a Novel Event in a Naval Gymkhana in Malta by Frank Craig")
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.jpg "The Great Attack on Ladysmith, the Final Repulse of the Boers on Wagon Hill by Frank Craig")
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.jpg "The Combined Display of All Arms in the Royal Military Tournament at the Agricultural Hall by Frank Craig")
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.jpg "The Advance to the Relief of Kimberley, the Fighting Fifth Making a Road at Orange River by Frank Craig")
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.jpg "The Coaching Season in London, the meet of the Coaching Club in Hyde Park by Frank Craig")
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.jpg "The King and Queen of Italy in Sardinia by Frank Craig")
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.jpg "The Handy Man")
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.jpg "Celebrating the Anniversary of the Expulsion of the French from Madrid, Saluting the Colours by Frank Craig")
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.jpg "The Surrender at Paardeberg, marshalling the Prisoners by Frank Craig")
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.jpg "The State Opening of Parliament, the King")
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.jpg "Prince Henry of Prussia in the Far East by Frank Craig")
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.jpg "The Royal Wedding in Vienna, the Procession on the Way to the Chapel of the Hofburg by Frank Craig")
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.jpg "Ours at the Globe Theatre, a Scene in Act II by Frank Craig")
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.jpg "Royal Henley, the Scene on the River between the Races by Frank Craig")
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