"How delightful, how refreshing it is, to retire from the cloudy storms, the vicissitudes, and the troubles of life, even if it be but for a few short fleeting moments!" — Fred Barnard's twenty-third illustration for "Sketches by Boz" (original) (raw)

"How delightful, how refreshing it is, to retire from the cloudy storms, the vicissitudes, and the troubles of life, even if it be but for a few short fleeting moments!"

Fred Barnard

1876

13.5 cm high x 10.7 cm, framed, p. 127.

Sketches by Boz

Scanned image and text by Philip V. Allingham

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