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Dickens characters
Title
[Dickens characters]
Published
[S.l. : s.n., 18--?]
Physical Description
7 pieces : lead, col. ; 9 x 5 cm.
Local Notes
In modern cardboard box.
Notes
Consists of 7 hollow cast lead figures, hand-painted with enamel.
Hollow lead figures first appeared in England around 1868.
These 7 figures represent characters from stories by Charles Dickens: Captain Cuttle from Dombey and Son; Wackford Squeers from Nicholas Nickleby; and Sam Weller, Tony Weller, Alfred Jingle, and Joe "the Fat Boy" from Pickwick papers.
Selected exhibitions: “The Cottage of Content : or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England" (Yale Center for British Art, November 2 - December 31, 1977).
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
References
Cottage of content, or, Toys, games, and amusements of nineteenth century England, 18
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Recreations - Great Britain.
Toys.
Toy soldiers.
Also listed under
BAC GV1199 D5 Flat A Exhibited in: Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977)
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