Colour illustrations from 1885 edition of Oliver Twist
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This 1885 collection of colour illustrations from Oliver Twist was produced by the artist Frederick Pailthorpe, who also illustrated Charles Dickens's Great Expectations. Like George Cruikshank, Oliver Twist's original illustrator and a friend of Pailthorpe, Pailthorpe uses satire and caricature in his interpretations of the novel's scenes and characters.
- Full title:
- Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
- Published:
- 1885, London
- Format:
- Print / Illustration / Image
- Creator:
- Frederick William Pailthorpe [illustrator], Charles Dickens
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Held by
- British Library
- Shelfmark:
- Dex.312.(2.)
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