David Copperfield./ I found myself backing Traddles into the fire-place, and bowing/ in great confusion to two dry little elderly ladies, dressed in black/ and each looking wonderfully like a preparation in chip or tan of the/ late Mr. Spenslow.
Prints and Maps
Robert Hinshelwood (Etcher)
John Gilbert (Designer)
Sheldon and Company (Publisher)
New York, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
1861-1866
Ink; Paper; Paper (wove)
Engraved, Steel Engraved, Chine collé
2012.0013.042
Object Number2012.0013.042 |
Print (Engraving)
David Copperfield./ I found myself backing Traddles into the fire-place, and bowing/ in great confusion to two dry little elderly ladies, dressed in black/ and each looking wonderfully like a preparation in chip or tan of the/ late Mr. Spenslow.
Prints and Maps
Gift of Wilford P. Cole
Robert Hinshelwood (Etcher)
1812-c.1875
John Gilbert (Designer)
1817-1897
Sheldon and Company (Publisher)
c.1860-c.1880
Up until at least 1858, Sheldon was still working as: Sheldon, Blakeman & Company, New York.
New York, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
1861-1866
1. Inscription; Lower right, beneath image; R. Hinshelwood
2. Inscription; Lower left, beneath image; J. Gilbert 1861
3. Inscription; Lower center; NEW YORK, SHELDON & COMPANY.
Literary scene; Book illustration; Charles Dickens
Ink; Paper; Paper (wove)
Engraved, Steel Engraved, Chine collé
13.9 (H) , 10.4 (W) , 3.8 (Image H) , 3.3 (Image W)
35.3 (H) , 26.4 (W) , 3.8 (Image H) , 3.3 (Image W)
H and W at left and bottom. Plate H: 9.1 in. (23.2 cm). Plate W: 6.2 in. (15.8 cm).
Sheldon and Company
New York, New York, United States, North America
none
Perhaps from: Dickens, Charles, Works of Charles Dickens. 4 vols., household edition. New York: W.A. Townsend & Co., 1861-1866.
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