The Person of the House and the Bad Child (original) (raw)

The Person of the House and the Bad Child

Marcus Stone

Wood engraving by W. T. Green

13.6 cm high x 9.6 cm wide

Dickens's Our Mutual Friend, Chapter Two of the second book, "Still Educational" [This part of the novel originally appeared in periodical form in October 1864.]

This 30 September 1864 illustration depends for its effectiveness upon the startling contrast between the accusatory finger of the doll's dress-maker, Jenny Wren, and hand to the forehead, suggestive of introspection and anguish of the alcoholic parent. [continue below]

Image scan and text by Philip V. Allingham

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