"The Ghostly Passengers in the Ghost of a Mail" — illustration for Dickens's

"Pickwick Papers," Chapter 49, by Phiz (Hablot K. Browne) (original) (raw)

The Ghostly Passengers in the Ghost of a Mail

Phiz (Hablot K. Browne)

September 1837

steel engraving

11.5 cm high by 10.6 cm wide (4 ½ by 4 ¼ inches), vignetted

Details

• The villainous young aristocrat
• The guard & huge blunderbuss
• The aristocrat's henchman with oversized sword
• The roof passengers and driver
• The bewildered Jack Martin
• The young lady in distress

Scanned image and text by Philip V. Allingham.

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