Chirp the Third
Richard Doyle; engraver, T. Williams
1845
10.3 high by 6.7 cm wide (4 ½ by 2 ⅝ inches), framed
Dickens's The Cricket on The Hearth, "Chirp the Third," 114.
Enclosed text: CHIRP THE THIRD — The Dutch clock in the corner struck Ten, when the Carrier sat down by his fireside. So troubled and grief-worn, that he seemed to scare the Cuckoo, who, having cut his ten. . . . [114]
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Scanned image and text by Philip V. Allingham.