"Sissy Jupe and Her Father from “Hard Times”" — Felix O. C. Darley's frontispiece for "Dickens' Little Folks" (1861)

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Sissy Jupe and Her Father from “Hard Times”

Felix O. C. Darley

Annin-Loomis

1861

12 x 7.9 cm (4 ¾ by 3 ¼ inches) vignetted

Steel engraving

Frontispiece with Sissy Comforting her father, the circus clown Signor Jupe for Hard Times in Dickens' Little Folks, originally published by Redfield (New York: 1856).

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Preface: “Sissy Jupe”

Differing from the prominent position of the other “Little Folk” Sissy Jupe retires behind a crowd of strong-willed and mis-led hearts, until clouds and darkness hang around them; when, parting the clouds before her, she comes like a glance of light to cheer them and us, with her truth and purity.

Happy and always devout is that sensible soul, be it fresh or long-tried, that can see the smile of te Lord in the flowers, and hear His voice in the birds, and can feel his love in the gladness of innocent hearts.

It may be that these enjoyments are stepping stones to those higher and broader resting places, which are found on the road to Heaven. [1]

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. "Sissy Jupe and Her Father from “Hard Times” in Dickens' Little Folks. New York: Clark, Austin, and Maynard, 1861.

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