This illustration from Once a Week is
in the public domain.
Bibliography:
Primary Source:
Keene,
Charles, Alison Chapman (ed.) and the DVPP team.
The Two Norse Kings. Digital
Victorian Periodical Poetry, Edition
0.98.8beta, University of Victoria,
Accessed 31st December 2023.
https://dvpp.uvic.ca/poems/onceaweek/1861/pom_546_the_two_norse_kings_a.html.
Victorian (en.)The
Victorian era began with the reign of Queen Victoria and ended with her
death (June 20, 1837 – January 22, 1901).
Source Materials:
Digital Victorian Periodical PoetryDVPP
Digital Victorian Periodical Poetry explores the poetry most read in
the long Victorian period: poems published in periodicals, magazines,
and newspapers dating from 1817 to 1901.
Once a Week (en.)
Launched by Bradbury and Evans, the publisher of Household Words,
after their split with Dickens, Once a
Week (1859-1880) was a weekly middle-class family magazine
that prominently featured illustrations.(Digital Victorian Periodical
Poetry website)
Keene, Charles
Samuel (en.)
b. 1823
d. 1891
Nationality: English
Occupation: Illustrator
Thornbury, George
Walter (en.)
b. 13 November 1828
d. 11 June 1876
Occupation: Poet, journalist, art critic, novelist, and biographer of J. M.
W. Turner.
Born in London. Educated at Cheam, Surrey. Married Harriett Furmedge
on 7 October 1873. Prolific poetry and prose contributor to many
periodicals and newspapers, including Bentley’s Miscellany, Ainsworth’s, Once a
Week, Household Words, All the Year Round, Athenaeum, and Chambers’s
Journal. Poetry volumes include Songs of the Cavaliers and Roundheads (1857) and Historical and
Legendary Ballads and Songs (1875). Biographical
information: Digital Victorian Poetry Periodical website.