Frontispiece, "Old Mr. Wardle, with a highly-inflamed countenance, was grasping the hand of a strange gentleman." — illustration by Phiz for Dickens's "Pickwick Papers"

Frontispiece "Old Mr. Wardle, with a highly-inflamed countenance, was grasping the hand of a strange gentleman." by Phiz (Hablot K. Browne). Household Edition (1874) of Dickens's Pickwick Papers/ Text illustrated occurs on p. 51. [Click on image to enlarge it.]

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Phiz's June 1836 version of this scene: “Wardle and his Friends Under the Influence of the Salmon”

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References

Dickens, Charles. Pickwick Papers. The Household Edition. London: Chapman and Hall, 1874; New York: Harpers, 1874.

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