American Notes Title-page

Harry Furniss

1900, rpt. 1906

13.8 cm by 8.3 cm, or 5 ½ by 3 ¼ inches, framed

American Notes by Charles Dickens (1906) with eight engravings by Arthur A. Dixon in the Collins Illustrated Dickens Series of 19 Vols., and Illustrated Title-Page by Harry Furniss.

Clockwise from the upper left: 1. Oliver and Fagin, 2. Mr. Pickwick, holding forth to the Club, 3. Little Nell and Grandfather Trent fleeing London, 4. Mr. Micawber, 5. Mr. Dombey and Little Paul, 6. Jo the Crossing-Sweeper, and Lady Dedlock at the iron-bound gate, l7. Seth Pecksniff. This closely follows the model that Furniss provided for the other Collins Pocket volumes, as, for example,

  • The Engraved Title-page for The Old Curiosity Shop (1900).

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