Little Nell

Felix O. C. Darley

Annin-Loomis

1855

9.1 x 8.5 cm vignetted

Steel engraving

Initial illustration for Dickens' Little Folks, republished by Clark, Austin, and Maynard.

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First Series for Dickens' Little Folk (1855)

• Little Nell from the “Old Curiosity Shop”
• Smike from “Nicholas Nickleby”
• The Child Wife from “David Copperfield”
• Oliver and the Jew Fagin from “Oliver Twist”
• Little Paul from “Dombey and Son”
• Florence Dombey from “Dombey and Son”

Second Series for Dickens' Little Folk (1856)

• The Boy Joe and Sam Weller from the “Pickwick Papers”
• Sissy Jupe from “Hard Times”
• The Two Daughters from “Martin Chuzzlewit”
• Tiny Tim and Dot, and the Fairy Cricket from the “Christmas Stories”
• Dame Durden, Little Woman from “The Bleak House”
• Dolly Varden, the Little Coquette from “Barnaby Rudge”

Bibliography

Bentley, Nicolas, Michael Slater, and Nina Burgis. The Dickens Index. New York and Oxford: Oxford U. P., 1990.

Cohen, Jane Rabb. Charles Dickens and His Original Illustrators. Canton: Ohio U. P., 1980.

Darley, Felix Octavius Carr. David Copperfield. Dickens' Little Folks, No. 6. New York: Redfield, 1856; rpt., John R. Anderson.

Davis, Paul. Charles Dickens A to Z: The Essential Reference to His Life and Work. New York: Facts On File, 1998.

Dickens, Charles. David Copperfield. Illustrated by Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz"). The Centenary Edition. 2 vols. London and New York: Chapman & Hall, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911.

_______. The Personal History of David Copperfield. Illustrated by Sol Eytinge, Jr. The Diamond Edition. 14 vols. Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1867. Vol. V.

_______. David Copperfield, with 61 illustrations by Fred Barnard. Household Edition. London: Chapman and Hall, 1872. Vol. III.

_______. The Personal History and Experiences of David Copperfield. Illustrated by Harry Furniss. The Charles Dickens Library Edition. London: Educational Book Company, 1910. Vol. X.

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