The Pickwick papers
Primary Artist
Henry Dowling (1810–1885)
Title
Other titles
The posthumous papers of the Pickwick Club.
Physical description
The Pickwick papers V.D.L.edition; Pp.[iii] (lacking the half-title page) - xii+588, lithographic frontispiece, vignette title and 18 plates, publishers's slip tipped-in at front; nineteenth xcentury black morocco boards, the edges decorated in blind, rebacked with ealry black calf spine laid on, spine decorated in gilt around five raised bands, with gilt lettered red leather title label, early endpapers, followed by later binder's blanks, signature and date (1858) on the blank preliminary, tiny inked correction to one word of text p.47
Date made
1838
Place made
Australia, Australia, Tasmania, Launceston View on map Close map
Category
Illustrated book
Print types
planographic | letterpress
Matrix size
22.2 x 14.5 cm (book (closed))
Support
white wove paper
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression as issued
Edition information
print run unknown
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
152317
Accession method
Proposed Purchase
Provenance
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Kay Craddock Antiquarian Bookseller, Melbourne, 2006.
Credit line
Gordon Darling Australasian Print Fund, 2006
Subject category
Australia, Book arts: Illustrated book
Creators
PHIZ, | Male | print after
Dowling, Henry. | (1810–1885) Australian | Male | printer
Dickens, Charles. | (1812–1870) English | Male | author
TIZ, M.L. | Male | lithographer
Last Updated
04 Jan 2013