Illustration for Dickens' "David Copperfield": "I found myself backing Traddles" etc.
Illustration for Dickens' "David Copperfield": "I found myself backing Traddles" etc.
Illustration for Dickens' "David Copperfield": "I found myself backing Traddles" etc.
Illustration for Dickens' "David Copperfield": "I found myself backing Traddles" etc.

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Illustration for Dickens' "David Copperfield": "I found myself backing Traddles" etc.,

1867

S.L. Smith
after I. Gilbert
x1944-39 a-b

Information

Title
Illustration for Dickens' "David Copperfield": "I found myself backing Traddles" etc.
Dates

1867

Maker
S.L. Smith
after I. Gilbert
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
plate (a): 25.3 x 18.3 cm. (9 15/16 x 7 3/16 in.) sheet (a): 34 x 26.2 cm. (13 3/8 x 10 5/16 in.) sheet trimmed to plate (b): 19.4 x 13.3 cm. (7 5/8 x 5 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Mather Collection
Object Number
x1944-39 a-b
Inscription
Inscribed and dated in plate, center left: I. Gilbert 1867 Inscribed in plate, center right: S.L. Smith Sc.
Culture
American
Type
prints, engravings
Subject
women, elderly, figures (representations), parlors, men

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