Historic Framed Print, Geo. Augustus Sala - 2, 17-7/8" x 21-7/8"

Beautiful historic reproduction print from the Library of Congress collections.

Created 1855 Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. George Augustus Sala; A journalist and author born in London 1828. His father was an Italian and his mother an actress & singer of West Indian extraction. He studied for art but early embraced literature. Under Charles Dickens he became a contributor to Household Words. Subsequently he assisted in founding Temple Bar of which he was editor and he has been a voluminous contributor to the news-paper press partly in the position of special correspondent. The Seven Sons of Mammon and Captain Danagerous are novels that appeared in Temple Bar. He has travelled over great part of the world knows the great capital cities by heart and has been an eye witness of some of the most important ceremonials during the past quarter of a century. The experiences of his travels and the sighst seen he has described in a style peculiarly his own: keen vivacious humorous. Much of his work has been contributed to the London Daily Telegraph but All the year Round the Cornhill Magazine and the Illustrated London News contain many sparkling productions from his pen. New Cabinet Cyclopedia. Brady-Handy Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Indians of North America.

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