Illustrator record
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.
14 Illustrations by Alec Ball
Novel
Illustrations from Smith and the Pharaohs
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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
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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
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With a howl of terror the brave company turned and fled
Smith and the Pharaohs
The Strand Magazine, vol. 44, no. 264
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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
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'The Queen of the mask!' he gasped. 'The same—the same! By heavens, the very same!'
Smith and the Pharaohs
The Strand Magazine, vol. 44, no. 264
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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
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Queen Cleopatra lifted her hands and stood thus for awhile
Smith and the Pharaohs
The Strand Magazine, vol. 45, no. 265
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Once he shouted in the hope of attracting attention
Smith and the Pharaohs
The Strand Magazine, vol. 45, no. 265
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She answered: 'I make my obeisance to your majesty'
Smith and the Pharaohs
The Strand Magazine, vol. 45, no. 265
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Smith and the Pharaohs
Smith and the Pharaohs
The Strand Magazine, vol. 45, no. 265
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He stretched out his arms to clasp her, and lo, she was gone!
Smith and the Pharaohs
The Strand Magazine, vol. 45, no. 266
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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
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Pass, looking at him as he went with cold and wondering eyes
Smith and the Pharaohs
The Strand Magazine, vol. 45, no. 266
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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