Object Number
2012.0013.121
Object Name
Print (Engraving)
Title
(Dombey & Son./ "It's my handsome daughter living and come back!" she/ screamed again, dropping on the floor before her, clasping her/ knees, laying her head against them, and still rocking herself/ to and fro with every frantic demonstration of which her vitality/ was capable.)
Creator (Role)
Duthie and Schoff (Etcher); John Gilbert (Designer); Sheldon and Company (Publisher)
Place of Origin
New York; New York; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Subject(s)
- Literary scene
- Book illustration
- Charles Dickens
Techniques
- Engraved
- Stipple engraved
- Steel Engraved
- Chine collé
Dimensions (inches)
14.4 (H) x 12.3 (W) x 3.8 (Image H) x 3.2 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
36.7 (H) x 31.3 (W) x 9.7 (Image H) x 8.1 (Image W)
Measurement Notes
Plate H: 8.5 in. (21.5 cm). Plate W: 6.2 in. (15.7 cm).
Publisher Summary
Sheldon and Company
Place of Publication
New York, New York, United States, North America
Publisher Name
Sheldon and Company
Edition State
Proof without letters
Edition Notes
Perhaps from: Dickens, Charles, Works of Charles Dickens. 4 vols., household edition. New York: W.A. Townsend & Co., 1861-1866.