"He had been Tim's blood-horse all the way from church, and had come home rampant. — P. 21." — Fred Barnard's initialillustration for Dickens's "Christmas Books" in the Chapman & Hall Household Edition (1878) (original) (raw)

He had been Tim's blood-horse all the way from church, and had come home rampant. — P. 21.

Fred Barnard; engraver, Dalziel

1878

17.6 cm high by 12.7 cm wide (6 ⅞ by 5 inches), framed, facing title-page.

Details

• Bob and Timothy Cratchit
• Clock tower resembling "Big Ben"
• Elderly couple (left)
• Old woman, mother and child, beggar
• The boy and his dog (left)
• 1885 photogravure version

Scanned image and text byPhilip V. Allingham.

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