Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
Mr. Pickwick's reception. Sam Weller introduces to Mr. Pickwick the leading characters in Mr. Dicken's novels.
Call Number
A Middle 31/Drawer 10/GC024/Half Folio/19th c./Artists A-F GA 2013.00251
Identifier
ark:/88435/dc3t946403d
Publisher
[Boston : [s.n.], 1870/04/09.
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1870
Extent
1 item ; sheet 35.8 x 55.7 cm.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Medium: Wood engravings
Depiction: Large group of Dicken's characters gathered in a field, with Weller standing beside seated Pickwick in foreground.
Signed in plate, lower left: "[Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1870, by Fields, Osgood, & Co., in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the District of Massachusetts.]".
Signed in plate, lower right: "[Drawn by S. Eytinge, expressly for Every Saturday, No. 15, April 9, 1870.].

Discovery Information

Subject
English fiction—19th century—In art
English literature—19th century—In art
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870—Characters—In art
Magazine illustration—United States—19th century—Specimens

Physical Characteristics

File Count
3

Institutional Information

Collection
Omega Project
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/9339b29f-05dd-4bf6-876b-888f6d4e54f8/manifest