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Lot 56974:
Description
This ornately bound album contains six original unpublished oil paintings from Hablot Knight Browne a.k.a Phiz. The paintings are original illustrations depicting Charles Dickens’s work and were done circa 1860. The paintings are all presented matted in stiff card bound in blue morocco gilt with gilt edges done by Riviere & Son.
Hablot Knight Browne (1815-1882) aka Phiz was the illustrator for ten of the works of Charles Dickens. He was an English artist and illustrator. He also illustrated books for Charles Lever and Harrison Ainsworth. The works he illustrated for Dickens included David Copperfield, Pickwick, Dombey and Son, Martin Chuzzlewit and Bleak House.
Provenance: Alan L. Weiner (sold at his sale at Christies in 1996). The Martin Nason Collection of Dickensiana.
Condition report:
The work is in very good to excellent condition overall. There may be a few minor imperfections or faint marks to be expected with age. Please review the image carefully for condition and contact us with any questions.
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