"And in this state and ceremony rode slowly through the town every evening." — Charles Green's seventeenth illustration for "The Old Curiosity Shop" (1876)

And in this state and ceremony rode slowly through the town every evening — Chap. XXIX by Charles Green. 1876. 9.5 cm high by x 13.7 cm wide, framed. Dickens's The Old Curiosity Shop, in the 1876 British Household Edition, XII: 108. Running Head: "The Old Temptation" (109). [Click on the image to enlarge it.]

Context of the Illustration: Nell helps advertise Mrs. Jarley's exhibition

Unquestionably Mrs. Jarley had an inventive genius. In the midst of the various devices for attracting visitors to the exhibition, little Nell was not forgotten. The light cart in which the Brigand usually made his perambulations being gaily dressed with flags and streamers, and the Brigand placed therein, contemplating the miniature of his beloved as usual, Nell was accommodated with a seat beside him, decorated with artificial flowers, and in this state and ceremony rode slowly through the town every morning, dispersing handbills from a basket, to the sound of drum and trumpet. The beauty of the child, coupled with her gentle and timid bearing, produced quite a sensation in the little country place. The Brigand, heretofore a source of exclusive interest in the streets, became a mere secondary consideration, and to be important only as a part of the show of which she was the chief attraction. [Chapter XXIX, 106]

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Bibliography

Dickens, Charles. The Old Curiosity Shop. Illustrated by Charles Green. The Household Edition. 22 vols. London: Chapman and Hall, 1876. XII.

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