"A certain skilful action of his fingers as he hummed some bars, and beat time on the seat beside him, seemed to denote the musician" — Fred Barnard's thirty-sixth illustration for "Dombey and Son" (1877) (original) (raw)

A certain skilful action of his fingers as he hummed some bars, and beat time on the seat beside him, seemed to denote the musician.

Fred Barnard

1877

13.7 cm high x 10.6 cm wide, full-page, framed.

composite wood-block engraving

Dombey and Son, 245

Illustration for Chapter 33, "Contrasts," in the Household Edition, XV.

Scanned image and text by Philip V. Allingham

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