"Dick Swiveller and the Marchioness" — Furniss's twenty-fifth illustration for Dickens's "The Old Curiosity Shop" (1910)

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Dick Swiveller and the Marchioness

The Marchioness, sharp-witted and cunning, holding her cards very tight, considered which to play, and Mr. Swiveller, assuming the gay and fashionable air which such society required, took another pull at the tankard, and waited for her lead.

Harry Furniss

1910

14.2 x 9.3 cm, framed

Dickens's The Old Curiosity Shop, The Charles Dickens Library Edition, facing V, facing 424.

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Passage Illustrated: Learning Cribbage

"Then, Marchioness," said Mr. Swiveller, "fire away!"

The Marchioness, holding her cards very tight in both hands, considered which to play, and Mr. Swiveller, assuming the gay and fashionable air which such society required, took another pull at the tankard, and waited for her lead. [Chapter LVII, 424]

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Bibliography

Dickens, Charles. The Old Curiosity Shop. Illustrated by Harry Furniss. The Charles Dickens Library Edition. 18 vols. London: Educational Book Company, 1910. V.

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Last modified 27 November 2020