Waiting for Papa by Frederick Walker. Illustration for W. M. Thackeray's novel The Adventures of Philip when it was serialised in The Cornhill Magazine. In a watercolour version, this work is known as The Chaplian's Daughter.
Scanned image and text by Philip V. Allingham. [You may use this image without prior permission for any scholarly or educational purpose as long as you (1) credit the person who scanned the image and (2) link your document to this URL in a web document or cite the Victorian Web in a print one.]
Last modified 9 July 2002