Norris Outwitted. Phiz (Hablot K. Browne). 1866. Wood engraving. Errym's A Mystery in Scarlet. Courtesy Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington. Click on image to enlarge it.
Text Illustrated
Over went Norris, chair and all, the king having the greatest difficulty to save himself from the general wreck (274).
Commentary
The duplicitous valet Norris (left) is poisoned by George II, having unsuccessfully attempted to kill the king with his (the king's) own poisoned cough lozenges. Phiz depicts Norris as he usually does: small, crumpled up in an undignified position on the floor, with a dominant male figure towering above him. As in other illustrations of A Mystery in Scarlet, the scene is silently observed by a mirror (centre).
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Bibliography
Errym, Malcolm J [James Malcolm Rymer]. A Mystery in Scarlet, leading serial of The London Miscellany. Ed. James Malcolm Rymer, 1, no. 18 (1866): 1. From the copy in the collection of the Wells Library, Indiana University, Bloomington. Courtesy Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington.
Last modified 13 July 2019