Now, anybody who passed through the Dials on a hot summer's evening, and saw the different women . . . gossiping on the steps, would be apt to think that all was harmony. . . .

Fred Barnard

1876

13.8 cm x 10.7 cm. framed

Sketches by Boz

Three-quarter-page illustration for "Scenes," Ch. 5, in Dickens's Sketches by Boz, the Household Edition.

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