"The flowers were scattered on the ground like dust; the empty hands were spread upon the face; and orphaned Florence, shrinking down upon the ground, wept long and bitterly." — Fred Barnard's twenty-fifth illustration for "Dombey and Son" (1877)

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The flowers were scattered on the ground and orphaned Florence wept long and bitterly

Fred Barnard

1877

13.7 cm high x 10.4 cm wide, three-quarter-page, vignetted.

composite wood-block engraving

Dombey and Son, 180

Illustration for Chapter 24, "The Study of a Loving Heart," in Dickens's Dombey and Son, in the Household Edition, XV.

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Passage Illustrated: Florence's Neglected as "only the daughter"

"But I am not without a parent’s love, aunt, and I never have been," said the child, "with you."

"However that may be, my dear," returned the lady, ‘your misfortune is a lighter one than Florence’s; for not an orphan in the wide world can be so deserted as the child who is an outcast from a living parent’s love."

The flowers were scattered on the ground like dust; the empty hands were spread upon the face; and orphaned Florence, shrinking down upon the ground, wept long and bitterly.

But true of heart and resolute in her good purpose, Florence held to it as her dying mother held by her upon the day that gave Paul life. [Chapter 24, "The Study of a Loving Heart," 177]

Other Illustrators' Studies of the Neglected Florence (1747 and 1867)

Left: Mr. Dombey's hauteur and cold demeanour complement Florence's genuine expression of engagement in Phiz's Mr. Dombey introduces his daughter Florence (June 1847). Centre: Eytinge's characterization of the daughter who must turn for affection to Paul's old friend at Dr. Blimber's, Diogenes, the academy dog: Florence Dombey. Right: Phiz's only other significant study of Florence, Florence Parts from a Very Old Frtiend (November 1847) again underscores her emotional isolation.

Related Material including Other Illustrated Editions of Dombey and Son

Dombey and Son (homepage)
Phiz's 39 illustrations for Dombey and Son, Wholesale Retail & for Exportation (Oct. 1846 — April 1848)
Sol Eytinge, Junior's 16 illustrations (1867)
The Illustrators of the Household Edition of the Works of Charles Dickens (22 vols., 1871-79)
Kyd's five Player's Cigarette Cards for Dombey and Son (1910)
Harry Furniss's illustrations for the Charles Dickens Library Edition (1910)

Bibliography

Dickens, Charles. Dombey and Son. Illustrated by Phiz. (Hablot K. Browne). London: Chapman and Hall, 1848.

_______. Dombey and Son. Illustrated by Hablot Knight Browne (Phiz). 8 coloured plates. London and Edinburgh: Caxton and Ballantyne, Hanson, 1910.

_______. Dombey and Son.16 Illustrations by Sol Eytinge, Jr., and A. V. S. Anthony (engraver). The Diamond Edition. Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1867. III.

_______. Dombey and Son. Illustrated by Fred Barnard [62 composite wood-block engravings]. The Works of Charles Dickens. The Household Edition. 22 vols. London: Chapman and Hall, 1877. XV.

"Dombey and Son — Sixty-two Illustrations by Fred Barnard." Scenes and Characters from the Works of Charles Dickens, Being Eight Hundred and Sixty-six Drawings by Fred Barnard, Gordon Thomson, Hablot Knight Browne (Phiz), J. McL. Ralston, J. Mahoney, H. French, Charles Green, E. G. Dalziel, A. B. Frost, F. A. Fraser, and Sir Luke Fildes. London: Chapman and Hall, 1907.

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