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The Old Curiosity Shop Illustrations

Illustrations by Hablot Browne, George Cattermole, Samuel Williams, and Daniel Maclise

Illustrations for The Old Curiosity Shop, which appeared in Dickens weekly Master Humphrey's Clock, were engraved in wood and dropped into the text. The names of the engravers Landells and Gray can be seen along with the initials of the illustrators: George Cattermole and Hablot Browne, with a single illustration each from Samuel Williams and Daniel Maclise.

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The Child in her Gentle Slumber	Mr. Swiveller seeks to gain Attention
Quilp interupts at Tea	Quilp's Wharf
Little Nell is anxious	A Cool Proposal
Mr. Chegg's Jealousy	Little Nell as Comforter
Kit at Home	The Legal Gentleman named Brass
The Pilgrimage begins	Mr. Swiveller's Pugilistic Skill
Kit makes an Appointment	A Rest by the Way
Punch in the Churchyard	Grinder's Lot
At the Jolly Sandboys	The Giants waiting on the Dwarfs
Little Nell's Anxiety	Quilp defies the Dog
The Kitchen at Abel Cottage	Quilp's Discovery
At the Schoolmaster's Porch	The Dunce improves the Occasion
The Lady of the Caravan	Nell hides from Quilp
Mrs Jarley's Waxwork	Producing a Sensation
A Game of Cards	Miss Monflathers chides Nell
Mrs Jarley at the Pay-place	A Colleague for Miss Brass
Taken by a Single Gentleman	Mr. Brass at the Keyhole
The Small Servant's Dinner	An Interview with Codlin and Short
Jerry's Dancing Dogs	Mr. Swiveller's Libation
At Astley's	Mr. Garland and Kit
Kit's Mother on a Journey	A Parley with the Cardsharpers
Flight by Water	Watching the Furnace Fire
A Procession of the Unemployed	Nell in a Faint
A very Aged, Ghostly Place	A Gracious Invitation
A Descriptive Advertisement	Mrs Quilp visits Bachelor's Hall
Uproarious Hospitality	Nell's New Home
Resting among the Tombs	Nell's Garden
A Black and Dreadful Place	Kit brings a Letter
The Marchioness at Cards	Mr. Swiveller playing the Flute
Quilp's Grotesque Politeness	Kit in Jail
Revenge is Sweet	Mr. Swiveller to the Rescue
A Quiet Game of Cribbage	The Marchioness in the Chaise
Delicacies for Mr. Swiveller	Mr. Brass unexpectedly appears
The End of Quilp	Kit's Visit to the Stable
Farewell to the Travellers	The Journey's End
At Rest	Waiting at the Grave

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