Browne, Hablot Knight, 1815-1882, The spy's funeral, [not before 1859]
- Title(s):
- The spy's funeral.
- Published/Created:
- [London], [not before 1859]
- Physical Description:
- 1 printing plate : steel ; 13 x 21 cm
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsPR4571 .A1 1859aYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection[Request]
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/15958619
- Classification:
- Three-Dimensional Artifacts
- Notes:
- Phiz is the pseudonym of Hablot Knight Browne.
Title from caption of corresponding print.
Accompanied by a letter of authenticity issued by Arthur Waugh, of Chapman & Hall Ltd.
Issued with the Nonesuch Dickens, published 1937-1938 by the Nonesuch Press.
Inscribed on the reverse "John Sellers and Sons, Sheffield" with the firm's mark of a dagger entwined with the letter "S."
Dreyfus, J. History of the Nonesuch Press, 108
Steel plate for an an illustration from Charles Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities in which the rowdy crowd celebrates the death of the spy, Roger Cly, and takes over the funeral procession as it makes its way through the street. A Tale of Two Cities was first published with illustrations by Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz") in 1859. - Form/Genre:
- Printing plates.
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