"Leave this lad to me, Ma'am; leave this lad to me." -- illustration for "Great Expectations" by John McLenan

"Leave this lad to me, Ma'am; leave this lad to me."

John McLenan

1860

11.3 cm. by 11.2 cm wide

Dickens's Great Expectations,

Harper's Weekly 4 (22 December 1860): 821

Plate 9 in the T. B. Peterson single-volume edition of 1861 (listed as facing p. 53 but actually used as the frontispiece in the volume inspected.

[Pumblechook, right, Mrs. Joe, centre, and Pip, left, in front of the hearth in the Gargerys' parlour.]

Scanned image, caption, and commentary by Philip V. Allingham. [You may use this image without prior permission for any scholarly or educational purpose as long as you (1) credit the person who scanned the image and (2) link your document to this URL.]

References

Dickens, Charles. Great Expectations. Harper's Weekly: A Journal of Civilization. Il. John McLenan. Vol. IV.

Dickens, Charles. ("Boz."). Great Expectations. With thirty-four illustrations from original designs by John McLenan. Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson (by agreement with Harper & Bros., New York), 1861.

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