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Thirty plates, proofs of illustrations to the “Household edition” of the works of Charles Dickens.] [1875, 76]

Dickens, Charles · 52 pictures

A set of thirty proof wood engravings made for the Household Edition of Charles Dickens's works, issued in London about 1875–76, here bound with the printed double-column pages they accompany and initialled by the staff illustrator. The scenes are domestic interiors and shop rooms with three or four figures in mid-gesture, drawn in fine cross-hatched line with patterned wallpaper, framed pictures and clutter; useful for period costume, furniture silhouettes and hatching textures.

British Library · HMNTS 12603.l.4. · Digitised by the British Library with Microsoft · No known copyright restrictions (public domain)