"Trotty Veck and Meg" — illustration for "The Chimes" by Sol

Eytinge, Jr. (original) (raw)

Trotty Veck and Meg

Sol Eytinge, Jr.

1867

Dickens's The Chimes(Diamond Edition).

Third illustration for Dickens's The Christmas Booksin the Ticknor and Fields (Boston, 1867) Diamond Edition.

In this third full-page dual character study for the anthology, Eytinge characterises the relationship between the mid-mannered ticket-porter and his daughter.

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