"Nell and Her Grandfather" — Furniss's illustration for Dickens's "The Old Curiosity Shop" (1910)

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Nell and Her Grandfather

Harry Furniss

1910

14.2 x 9.5 cm framed

Dickens's The Old Curiosity Shop, The Charles Dickens Library Edition, facing V, the frontispiece.

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Scanned image and text by Philip V. Allingham.

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Commentary

The first of Furniss's illustrations is not one of his usual pen-and-ink drawings transformed into a lithograph. Rather, he offers a cameo of two of the book's chief characters, an ink-and-wash drawing with a title, as well as the caption "I would have found my way back to you, grandfather," said the child, "never fear." This quotation suggests that Furniss is complementing the following passage:

Relevant Covers, Frontispieces and Title-Pages for this Novel

Cattermole and Phiz: The Old Curiosity Shop: A Team Effort by "The Clock Works"
O. C. Darley's Frontispiece in the New York edition (Vol. 1, 1861)
O. C. Darley's Frontispiece in the New York edition (Vol. 2, 1861)
O. C. Darley's Frontispiece in the New York edition (Vol. 3, 1861)

Bibliography

Bentley, Nicolas, Michael Slater, and Nina Burgis. The Dickens Index. Oxford and New York: Oxford U. , 1988.

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

Dickens, Charles. The Old Curiosity Shop. Illustrated by Harry Furniss. The Charles Dickens Library Edition. London: Educational Book Company, 1910. Vol. 5.

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