Alec Ball
Prolific British Illustrator. Contributed illustrations to The Dial, The Strand, Windsor Magazine, The London Magazine, The Graphic, and others.
Further Reading
Houfe, Simon. The Dictionary of British Book Illustrators and Caricaturists, 1800-1914. Woodbridge, Suffolk: Antique Collectors’ Club, 1981. 225. Print.

He stretched out his arms to clasp her, and lo, she was gone!.
Smith and the Pharaohs. The Strand Magazine, vol. 45, no. 266. February 1913

His heart swelled within him, for here was the hand of that royal lady of his dreams.
Smith and the Pharaohs. The Strand Magazine, vol. 44, no. 264. December 1912

I ask you, Prince, I ask you all, Royalties of Egypt, whether for such deeds this man should die?.
Smith and the Pharaohs. The Strand Magazine, vol. 45, no. 266. February 1913

Now he was among all that throng of ghosts, which parted to let him.
Smith and the Pharaohs. The Strand Magazine, vol. 45, no. 266. February 1913

Once he shouted in the hope of attracting attention.
Smith and the Pharaohs. The Strand Magazine, vol. 45, no. 265. January 1913

Pass, looking at him as he went with cold and wondering eyes.
Smith and the Pharaohs. The Strand Magazine, vol. 45, no. 266. February 1913

Queen Cleopatra lifted her hands and stood thus for awhile.
Smith and the Pharaohs. The Strand Magazine, vol. 45, no. 265. January 1913

She answered: 'I make my obeisance to your majesty'.
Smith and the Pharaohs. The Strand Magazine, vol. 45, no. 265. January 1913

Smith and the Pharaohs.
Smith and the Pharaohs. The Strand Magazine, vol. 45, no. 265. January 1913

Smith looked at it once, twice, thrice, and at the third he fell in love.
Smith and the Pharaohs. The Strand Magazine, vol. 44, no. 264. December 1912

The funeral sledge drawn by oxen, and on it the great rectangular case that contained.
Smith and the Pharaohs. The Strand Magazine, vol. 44, no. 264. December 1912

The outer and the inner coffins, and within them the mummy of some departed majesty.
Smith and the Pharaohs. The Strand Magazine, vol. 44, no. 264. December 1912