Character Sketches from Dombey & Son by Charles Dickens

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Artist/Maker	Crowquill, Alfred (artist)
Place of origin	London (published)

Christmas card in the form of a small booklet comprising 8 pages and a cover, with illustrations showing Mr. Toots, Florence Dombey, Captain Cuttle and Susan Nipper, all characters from Dicken's 'Dombey & Son'. On the front cover is a portrait, head and shoulders, of the author, probably based on a photograph. Each illustration signed with monogram 'AC' and lettered on the front cover with title and a facsimile of the author's signature.

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Categories	Dickens Greeting Cards Ephemera Prints Portraits
Object type	Greetings card
Title	Character Sketches from Dombey & Son by Charles Dickens (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Colour lithographs and letterpress Lithographic Ink Lithography Letterpress
Brief description	Alfred Crowquill. Christmas card in the form of a booklet showing characters from Dickens's Dombey & Son. London, c.1870
Physical description	Christmas card in the form of a small booklet comprising 8 pages and a cover, with illustrations showing Mr. Toots, Florence Dombey, Captain Cuttle and Susan Nipper, all characters from Dicken's 'Dombey & Son'. On the front cover is a portrait, head and shoulders, of the author, probably based on a photograph. Each illustration signed with monogram 'AC' and lettered on the front cover with title and a facsimile of the author's signature.
Dimensions	Height: 13.34cm Width: 8.57cm Taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1955-1956 London: HMSO 1963
Marks and inscriptions	'AC' (Each illustration signed with monogram) (Lettered on the front cover with title and a facsimile of the author's signature)
Credit line	Given by Mr. F. R. Elwell
Bibliographic reference	Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1955-1956 London: HMSO, 1963
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.681-1955

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O579041/character-sketches-from-dombey--greetings-card-crowquill-alfred/

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