The study of nineteenth-century illustration, as a discipline, is rapidly evolving online. This special issue contains the following articles: Nancy Marck Cantwell, “Waist Not, Want Not: The Corseted Body and Empire in Vanity Fair” Susan Walton, “Suitable Work for Women? Florence Claxton’s Illustrations for The Clever Woman of the Family by Charlotte Yonge” Adam Sonstegard, “Mary Hallock Foote: Reconfiguring The Scarlet Letter, Redrawing Hester Prynne” Patricia Smith Scanlan, “‘God-gifted girls’: The Rise of Women Illustrators in Late Nineteenth-Century Philadelphia”