"Likewise an old man who ran over a milk-child. . . " illustration for The Household Edition of Forster's "Life of Charles Dickens."

Likewise an old man who ran over a milk-child . . .

Fred Barnard

1870s

Woodblock Engraving by the Dalziels

13.9 x 10.8 cm

"Likewise an old man who ran over a milk-child rather than stop! &mdash with no neckcloth, on principle; and with his mouth wide open to catch the morning air."

Book 6, chap. vi. Forster's Life of Charles Dickens in the Household Edition.

Scanned image and text by Philip V. Allingham

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References

Barnard, Fred, et al. Scenes and Characters from the Works of Charles Dickens; being eight hundred and sixty-six drawings by Fred Barnard, Hablot K. Browne (Phiz), J. Mahoney [and others] printed from the original woodblocks engraved for "The Household edition". London: Chapman & Hall, 1908. P. 575.

The copy of the book from which these pictures were scanned is in the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.

Last modified 15 September 2009