Binding designed by Richard Doyle for Charles Dickens's "The Chimes" (1845) (original) (raw)

Binding for The Chimes

Richard Doyle, designer

1845

Gilt interlace, produced using a brass die, on crimson cloth

6¾ x 4¼ inches

Another dynamic and amusing design, this unsigned piece is closely linked to Doyle's illustration of the fairies who torment Trotty Veck (p.92), and is almost certainly his work.

Photograph and text by Simon Cooke.

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