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The Frontispiece: Barnaby was making puzzles with a skein of string
A. H. Buckland
1900
12.1 x 8.0 cm, framed
Lithograph
Dickens's Barnaby Rudge (pp. 680), facing engraved title-page.
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Scanned image and text by Philip V. Allingham.
"If I may make so bold, Mr. Edward, as to lean upon your chair," returned the locksmith, accommodating his action to his speech, and bending over him, "I’ll stand here for the convenience of speaking low. Barnaby is not in his quietest humour to-night, and at such times talking never does him good."
They both glanced at the subject of this remark, who had taken a seat on the other side of the fire, and, smiling vacantly, was making puzzles on his fingers with a skein of string. [Chapter VI, 56]
Phiz places the focus on Edward Chester, still recovering from assault and robbery in the high street, on his way home: Edward Chester Relates His Adventures (6 March 1841).
Dickens, Charles. Barnaby Rudge. Illustrated by Hablot K. Browne ('Phiz') and George Cattermole. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1849.
_______. Barnaby Rudge. Illustrated by A. H. Buckland. London and Glasgow: Collins Clear-type Press. 1900.
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Last modified 16 December 2020