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"So, here's to Dombey — and Son — and Daughter."
Fred Barnard
1877
14 cm high x 10.7 cm wide, framed.
composite wood-block engraving
Dombey and Son, p. 24
Illustration for Chapter 4, "In which some more First Appearances are made on the Stage of these Adventures," Dickens's Dombey and Son, in the fifteenth volume of the Household Edition.
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"And although Mr Dombey hasn’t a daughter," Sol began.
"Yes, yes, he has, Uncle," said the boy, reddening and laughing.
"Has he?" cried the old man. "Indeed I think he has too."
"Oh! I know he has," said the boy. "Some of ‘em were talking about it in the office today. And they do say, Uncle and Captain Cuttle,’ lowering his voice, ‘that he’s taken a dislike to her, and that she’s left, unnoticed, among the servants, and that his mind’s so set all the while upon having his son in the House, that although he’s only a baby now, he is going to have balances struck oftener than formerly, and the books kept closer than they used to be, and has even been seen (when he thought he wasn’t) walking in the Docks, looking at his ships and property and all that, as if he was exulting like, over what he and his son will possess together. That’s what they say. Of course, I don’t know."
"He knows all about her already, you see,’ said the instrument-maker.
"Nonsense, Uncle," cried the boy, still reddening and laughing, boy-like. "How can I help hearing what they tell me?"
"The son’s a little in our way at present, I’m afraid, Ned," said the old man, humouring the joke.
"Very much,’ said the Captain.
"Nevertheless, we’ll drink him," pursued Sol. "So, here’s to Dombey and Son."
"Oh, very well, Uncle," said the boy, merrily. "Since you have introduced the mention of her, and have connected me with her and have said that I know all about her, I shall make bold to amend the toast. So here’s to Dombey — and Son — and Daughter!" [Chapter 4, "In which some more First Appearances are made on the Stage of these Adventures," 22-3]
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. 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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