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BARNABY RUDGE.--Etching of Barnaby, with a view of the
"Boot" Inn. (The only impression I have seen is in Mr. J. F.
Dexter's Collection.)
H. K. BROWNE ("Phiz").
PICKWICK.--"Illustrations to the Cheap Edition of the Works
of Mr. Charles Dickens." Six Illustrations to The Posthumous
Papers of the Pickwick Club, Engraved [on wood] from the
Original Drawings by "Phiz." Green wrapper, small 8vo, price
one shilling, N.D. [1847]. London: Darton & Clark, Holborn
Hill; Joseph Cundall, 12 Old Bond Street; John Menzies,
Edinburgh; Cumming & Ferguson, Dublin; James Macleod,
Glasgow. And sold by all Booksellers in Town and Country.
The word "misletoe" is mis-spelt in the title on one of the
woodcuts. (_See p. 72._)
THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP.--"Four Plates, engraved [in stipple]
under the superintendence of Hablôt K. Browne and Robert
Young, to illustrate the first Cheap Edition of 'The Old
Curiosity Shop.'" Price one shilling. Green wrapper. The
subjects are: Little Nell and her Grandfather, the
Marchioness, Barbara, and The Death of Little Nell.
"Published with the Approbation of Mr. Charles Dickens."
London: Chapman & Hall, 1848. Also proofs on india-paper,
one shilling each portrait. A few sets coloured, now very
scarce. (_See p. 85._)
BARNABY RUDGE.--"Four Plates, engraved [in stipple] under
the superintendence of Hablôt K. Browne and Robert Young, to
illustrate the Cheap Edition of 'Barnaby Rudge.'" Portraits
of Emma Haredale, Dolly Varden, Barnaby and Hugh, Mrs.
Varden and Miggs. "Published with the Approbation of Mr.
Charles Dickens." London: Chapman & Hall, 186 Strand, 1849.
Issued in green wrapper, price one shilling. A few sets
coloured, now very scarce. These and the preceding designs
were re-engraved by E. Roffe in 1889. (_See p. 85._)
"LITTLE NELL" and "DOLLY VARDEN." Engraved on steel by Edwin
Roffe, from hitherto unpublished drawings by Hablôt K.
Browne. On india-paper, the impression limited to 100
proofs, with _remarques_ printed in black, and 100 with
_remarques_ in brown, after which the _remarques_ were
cancelled. These plates were accompanied by explanatory
text, and issued in a leatherette case, price 10s. 6d.
Published by Frank T. Sabin, 3 Garrick Street, W.C., and
John F. Dexter, 16 Minford Gardens, West Kensington, 1889.
DOMBEY AND SON.--"The Four Portraits of Edith, Florence,
Alice, and Little Paul. Engraved [on steel] under the
superintendence of R. Young and H. K. Browne. From Designs
by Hablôt K. Browne. And Published with the Sanction of Mr.
Charles Dickens." London: Chapman & Hall, 186 Strand, 1848.
In green wrapper, price one shilling. These engravings were
also published as proofs on india-paper, 4to, price one
shilling each portrait. Some sets coloured.
DOMBEY AND SON.--"Full-length Portraits of Dombey and
Carker, Miss Tox, Mrs. Skewton, Mrs. Pipchin, Old Sol and
Captain Cuttle, Major Bagstock, Miss Nipper, and Polly. In
Eight Plates, Designed and Etched by Hablôt K. Browne, and
published with the Sanction of Mr. Charles Dickens." London:
Chapman & Hall, 186 Strand, 1848. In green wrapper, price
two shillings. Some sets coloured. The series of twenty
plates, viz., "The Old Curiosity Shop," "Barnaby Rudge," and
"Dombey and Son," were recently reprinted on india-paper,
and issued by F. T. Sabin in a portfolio, price £2, 10s.
(_See pp. 100-101._)
"BRUSH."
MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK.--No. 1. Portraits of Master
Humphrey, Little Nell, and the Old Man, with remarks on each
character, and an address, stating that "The following
sketches are the commencement of a series illustrating the
principal characters in 'Master Humphrey's Clock,' to appear
at monthly intervals, in parts similar to the present."
Etchings by "Brush." London, printed for the proprietor by
W. T. Davey, 16 Great Sutton Street, Clerkenwell; published
by W. Britain, 11 Paternoster Row, 1840. Price one shilling.
ALFRED BRYAN.
CHARACTERS FROM DICKENS.--Full-length studies of the
principal characters. Published in _Jack and Jill_, 1886.
CHRISTOPHER COVENY.
TWENTY SCENES FROM THE WORKS OF DICKENS.--Designed and
etched by Christopher Coveny, with letterpress descriptions.
Sydney: Printed for Thos. H. Fielding by John Sands, 374
George Street, 1883. 4to.
The subjects of eleven of these plates are taken from
"Pickwick." A duplicate plate (No. 7), representing Mr.
Pickwick and his friends on the ice, is also included, the
subject being re-etched and the design altered because the
first plate too much resembled "Phiz's" rendering of this
scene.
"ALFRED CROWQUILL" (Alfred Henry Forrester).
PICTURES PICKED FROM THE PICKWICK PAPERS.--Forty lithographs
(etchings on stone) by Standidge & Co., from drawings by
"Alfred Crowquill," comprising nearly two hundred subjects.
Issued in ten parts (or sheets), buff illustrated wrappers,
from May 1 to November 9, 1837. Price of each part, one
shilling plain, two shillings coloured. Published complete
in lavender-tinted wrapper, demy 8vo, and in cloth. London:
Ackermann & Co., 96 Strand [1837]. The plates in Part I.
only are signed. Reproductions have also been issued, etched
on copper by F. W. Pailthorpe and published by F. T. Sabin,
1880. Price, coloured, £2, 15s., uncoloured, £1, 18s. Within
the last few years sets of the "Crowquill" plates have been
catalogued at twenty guineas. (_See also_ "Thomas Onwhyn.")
F. O. C. DARLEY.
SCENES FROM DICKENS.--Eight photo-etchings, from original
paintings--the last productions of this American artist.
Issued in a portfolio, and afterwards printed in the
Imperial Edition of the novelist's works by Estes & Lauriat,
Boston, U.S.A.
A. DULCKEN.
SCENES FROM THE PICKWICK PAPERS.--Designed and drawn on
stone by Augustus Dulcken. Four plates, oblong folio,
illustrated wrapper. Under each plate is a descriptive
quotation. London: Bickers & Bush, 1 Leicester Square, N.D.
[1861]. Proofs, 10s. 6d. Very scarce. The subjects of the
designs are: (1) Death of the Chancery Prisoner; (2) Meeting
of the Ebenezer Temperance Association; (3) The Leg of
Mutton "Swarry;" (4) The Old Man's Tale about a Queer
Client. On the wrapper are depicted portraits of Pickwick,
Sam Weller, and Alfred Jingle; and scenes representing the
Shooting Party at Wardle's, and Mrs. Weller entertaining
Stiggins.
J. W. EHNINGER.
DICKENS CHARACTERS.--Photographic reproductions of drawings
by J. W. Ehninger. Cabinet size, price one shilling each
portrait. Published by W. A. Mansell & Co., 316, 317 (now
405), Oxford Street, London, 1876. The series included the
following: Mr. Pickwick, Sam Weller, The Fat Boy, Rev.
Stiggins, Mrs. Gamp, Mr. Pecksniff, Little Nell and her
Grandfather, Dolly Varden, Florence and Paul Dombey, Edith
Dombey (two versions), Little Em'ly, and Little Dorrit.
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