Sir Barnes Newcome
Richard Doyle
Steel engraving by an unknown engraver
8¼ x 5¼ inches
W. M. Thackeray, The Newcomes, II, facing 263.
Sir Barnes manipulating his public. A typical audience of Doyle grotesques which implies the character's unwillingness to press the flesh; who would want to, faced with this sort of crowd?
Scanned image and text by Simon Cooke.