Martin Chuzzlewit.
Prints and Maps
Robert Hinshelwood (Engraver)
Felix Octavius Carr Darley (Designer)
Sheldon and Company (Publisher)
New York, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
1860-1870
Ink; Paper (wove)
Engraved, Steel Engraved, Chine collé, Steel Engraved, Etched
2012.0013.148
Object Number2012.0013.148 |
Print (Engraving)
Martin Chuzzlewit.
Prints and Maps
Gift of Wilford P. Cole
Robert Hinshelwood (Engraver)
1812-c.1875
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).
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
1860-1870
1. Inscription; Lower right, beneath image; Hinshelwood
2. Inscription; Lower lef, beneath image; F.O.C. Darley fecit
Literary scene; Book illustration; Charles Dickens
Ink; Paper (wove)
Engraved, Steel Engraved, Chine collé, Steel Engraved, Etched
15.1 (H) , 11.8 (W) , 4.1 (Image H) , 3.3 (Image W)
38.4 (H) , 29.9 (W) , 4.1 (Image H) , 3.3 (Image W)
Plate H: 8.5 in. (21.6 cm). Plate W: 6.2 in. (15.7 cm).
Sheldon and Company
New York, New York, United States, North America
Proof without letters
none
From an unidentified publication, perhaps: Dickens, Charles, Works of Charles Dickens. 4 vols., household edition. New York: W.A. Townsend & Co., 1861-1866.
Text available soon.
[Book] Finlay, Nancy. 1999 Inventing the American Past: The Art of F.O.C. Darley.
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