"It's not convenient," said Scrooge.

— illustration for Dickens's "Christmas Books" in the Household Edition (1878) (original) (raw)

"It's not convenient," said Scrooge, "and it's not fair. If I was to stop half-a-crown for it, you'd think yourself ill-used, I'll be bound?"

Fred Barnard

1878

13.8 x 10.7 cm

Dickens's Christmas Books,A Christmas Carol, "Stave One: Marley's Ghost."

Details

• Plate and the first page of text
• Bob's snuffed candle
• Bob's comforter
• Bob's comforter from the frontispiece

Barnard's second Christmas CarolIllustration: "It's not convenient," said Scrooge, "and it's not fair. If I was to stop half-a-crown for it, you'd think yourself ill-used, I'll be bound?" (p. 1)