"Skimpole and the Stranger" by Harry Furniss — sixth illustration for "Bleak House" (1910) (original) (raw)

Skimpole and the Stranger

"Keep your temper, my good fellow, keep your temper!" Mr. Skimpole gently reasoned with him as he made a little drawing of his head on the fly-leaf of a book.

Harry Furniss

1910

14.5 cm x 9.8 cm, vignetted

Dickens's Bleak House, The Charles Dickens Library Edition, Chapter 6, "Quite at Home" — facing XI, 97.

Scanned image and text byPhilip V. Allingham.

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