Penny Dreadfuls, 1839 · page 9 of 77
The Adamus exul of Grotius; or The Prototype of Paradise Lost — page 9: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Analysis This is a title or section-heading page from a Victorian penny dreadful. The page displays the text "CENTERED AT STATIONERS' HALL" in large, ornately styled lettering positioned in the center-lower portion of the image. The rest of the page is decorated with scattered red and yellow pixel-like or dot-cluster imagery scattered across a white background, creating a festive or celebratory visual effect. The phrase "Centered at Stationers' Hall" likely refers to the official registration of the publication at Stationers' Hall, a requirement for British printed works during this period. The page bears a watermark or source attribution to "comicbooks.com" at the bottom.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
= +. a © = ~e . ° -, #) comicbooks.con