Joseph Maclise, Taylor Walton, and Publishing on Gower Street in the 1840s

The Anatomy of the Arteries of the Human Body (1840-1844), with text by Richard Quain (1800-1887) and lithographs by Joseph Maclise (1815-1880), was Maclise's first publication, his largest work, and in some ways his most ambitious. How then, could it feature the work of a debutant author? Who were the people involved in its production? What professional skills were required to produce such a work? What factors enabled them to carry it to a successful conclusion? The answer suggested is that much of the burden of production fell upon the publisher, John Taylor