Martin Chuzzlewit./ "And was straightway led down stairs into the bar from/ which he had lately come, where he found himself standing/ opposite to, and in the grasp of, a perfectly strange gentleman/ of still stranger appearance."
Robert Hinshelwood, Felix Octavius Carr Darley, Sheldon and Company
1861-1866
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator/Artist/Maker
Robert Hinshelwood (Etcher)
Place of Origin
New York; New York; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
Ink
Paper
Paper (wove)
Museum Object Number
2012.0013.032
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Wilford P. Cole
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Object Number
2012.0013.032
Object Name
Print (Engraving)
Title
Martin Chuzzlewit./ "And was straightway led down stairs into the bar from/ which he had lately come, where he found himself standing/ opposite to, and in the grasp of, a perfectly strange gentleman/ of still stranger appearance."
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator (Role)
Robert Hinshelwood (Etcher); Felix Octavius Carr Darley (Designer); Sheldon and Company (Publisher)
Place of Origin
New York; New York; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Date
1861-1866
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Lower right, beneath image
Inscription: R. Hinshelwood sc
Type: Inscription
Location: Lower left, beneath image
Inscription: F.O.C. Darley fecit
Type: Inscription
Location: Lower center
Inscription: NEW YORK, SHELDON & COMPANY.
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
Literary scene
Book illustration
Charles Dickens
Materials
Ink
Paper
Paper (wove)
Techniques
Engraved
Steel Engraved
Chine collé
Dimensions (inches)
14 (H) x 10.4 (W) x 3.7 (Image H) x 4.1 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
35.6 (H) x 26.5 (W) x 9.5 (Image H) x 10.4 (Image W)
Measurement Notes
H and W at left and bottom. Plate H: 8.4 in. (21.3 cm). Plate W: 6.3 in. (15.9 cm).
Publisher Summary
Sheldon and Company
Place of Publication
New York, New York, United States, North America
Publisher Name
Sheldon and Company
Edition Watermark
none
Edition Notes
Perhaps from: Dickens, Charles, Works of Charles Dickens. 4 vols., household edition. New York: W.A. Townsend & Co., 1861-1866.