"Nicholas comes in upon an awkward scene" — Furniss's nineteenth illustration for Dickens's "Nicholas Nickleby" (1910) (original) (raw)

Nicholas comes in upon an awkward scene

Harry Furniss

1910

5 ¾ by 3 ¾ inches (14.5 cm high x 9.5 cm wide), vignetted

Nicholas recognized the clumsy servant, and the young lady who had just swooned away. "She has fainted, Sir," he said, darting eagerly forward. "Brother Charles," said Ned Cheeryble, hurrying into the room, "what is the — ah! what —" (527)

Dickens's Nicholas Nickleby, The Charles Dickens Library Edition, facing IV, 512.

Scanned image and text byPhilip V. Allingham.

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