Object Number 2012.0013.018

Object Name

Print (Engraving)

Title

Oliver Twist./ "'What's that?' said the Jew, 'what do you watch me/ for? Why are you awake? What have you seen? Speak out,/ boy! Quick-quick! for your life."

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Wilford P. Cole

Creator (Role)

Thomas Phillibrown (Etcher)

Felix Octavius Carr Darley (Designer)
1822-1888
Felix Darley illustrated works by Dickens, Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, Longfellow, James Fenimore Cooper, and many others (ULAN).

W. A. Townsend & Co. (Publisher)
c.1859-c.1861

Place of Origin

New York, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Date

1861-1866

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower right, beneath the image; T. Phillibrown Sc.
2. Inscription ; Lower left, beneath the image; F.O.C. Darley Fecit.
3. Inscription; Lower center; NEW YORK, W.A. TOWNSEND & C.\o

Subjects

Literary scene; Book illustration; Charles Dickens

Materials

Ink; Paper; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Engraved, Steel Engraved, Chine collé

Dimensions (inches)

13.9 (H) , 10.4 (W) , 3.9 (Image H) , 3.3 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

35.2 (H) , 26.4 (W) , 3.9 (Image H) , 3.3 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H and W at left and bottom. Plate H: 8.5 in. (21.5 cm). Plate W: 6.1 in. (15.6 cm).

Publisher Summary

W. A. Townsend & Co.

Publication Date

1879

Place of Publication

New York, New York, United States, North America

Watermark

none

Edition Notes

From: Dickens, Charles, Works of Charles Dickens. 4 vols., household edition. New York: W.A. Townsend & Co., 1861-1866.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Finlay, Nancy. 1999 Inventing the American Past: The Art of F.O.C. Darley.
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