“Mr. Bob Sawyer whose wit had lain dormant for some minutes, placed his hands upon his knees and made a face after the portraits of the late Mr. Grimaldi as clown.” — Thomas Onwhyn's thirtieth extra illustration for Charles Dickens's "The Pickwick Club" (15 November 1837) (original) (raw)

“Mr. Bob Sawyer whose wit had lain dormant for some minutes, placed his hands upon his knees and made a face after the portraits of the late Mr. Grimaldi as clown.”

Thomas Onwhyn [“TO del”]

steel engraving

12.6 cm high by 11.6 cm wide (4 ¾ by 4 ¼ inches), vignetted

Charles Dickens's The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, Chapter L, “How Mr. Pickwick sped upon his Mission, and how he was reinforced in the outset by a most unexpected Auxiliary,” facing 540.

Scanned image and text by Philip V. Allingham.

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