Autograph letter signed : London, to Edward Chapman, 1848 Feb. 15 | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:Discussing [Thomas] Webster's Nickleby illustration ["Dotheboys Hall: The Brimstone and Treacle Scene"], noting that Dickens "begged him to make his sketch in colors and presentable, in order that [he] might purchase it afterwards." Asking Chapman to send "whomever is to copy it, to fetch it from [Webster's] house," noting that Webster is "desirous to have it back, if possible, for exhibition at the Academy." Mentioning the publication of the Cheap Edition

Manuscript, English, 1848

Publication:Dickens, Miscellaneous documents (MA 109)

Physical Description:1 item (2 pages) ; 18 cm

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:466180047

Notes:

Written from Devonshire Terrace. Signed Charles Dickens

Webster's painting was exhibited at the Academy that summer

Part of a collection of miscellaneous letters and documents of Charles Dickens. Items are cataloged individually; see related records for full description