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Mr. Crisparkle is overpaid

Print
June 1870 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Illustration.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleMr. Crisparkle is overpaid (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Wood-engraving
Brief description
'Mr. Crisparkle is overpaid'. Illustration by Sir Luke Fildes to The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens, wood-engraving, published in part 3, facing page 72, 1870.
Physical description
Illustration.
Dimensions
  • Height: 10.2cm (approx.)
  • Width: 15.9cm (approx.)
Taken from departmental Micromedia catalogue.
Styles
Production typeProof
Marks and inscriptions
'C. Roberts Sc.' (Inscribed)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Sir Paul Fildes, O.B.E., F.R.S. in memory of his father, the Artist
Production
Photographs (13) of the original designs for these illustrations, some in reverse, were found amongst the artist’s papers and are mounted with these proofs.
Association
Literary reference'The Mystery of Edwin Drood', Charles Dickens
Associated objects
Bibliographic references
  • Taken from departmental Micromedia catalogue.
  • Kitton, F. G. Dickens and his illustrators. London: G. Redway, 1899. xvi, 256. pp. 204-217.
  • Dickens, Charles. The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Margaret Cardwell ed. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1972. lvii, 269 p. pp. 238-302.
Collection
Accession number
E.919-1971

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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