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Overview"Joseph Clayton Clarke (1857 - 8 August 1937), who worked under the pseudonym ""Kyd"", was a British artist best known for his illustrations of characters from the novels of Charles Dickens. . This first edition 1889 reprint contains twenty-four color illustrations with descriptive text of each character." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Joseph Clayton ClarkePublisher: River Moor Books Imprint: River Moor Books Dimensions: Width: 20.30cm , Height: 0.80cm , Length: 25.40cm Weight: 0.399kg ISBN: 9781582189017ISBN 10: 1582189013 Pages: 54 Publication Date: 19 November 2019 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor Information"Joseph Clayton Clarke(1857 - 8 August 1937), who worked under the pseudonym ""Kyd"", was a British artist best known for his illustrations of characters from the novels of Charles Dickens. The artwork was published in magazines or sold as watercolor paintings, rather than included in an edition of the novels. Apart from his Dickens work, ""Kyd"" also illustrated humorous series such as ""Some Typical Newspaper Readers"" (c.1900), ""The Book and Its Reader"", and ""London Types"" He also illustrated a series of 50 smokers for Gallaher Ltd.; this series was issued as a set of cigarette cards entitled 'Votaries of the Weed' in 1916. The British Museum acquired a collection of 598 drawings and paintings of Clarke's Dickens illustrations, and the Victoria and Albert Museum, Charles Dickens Museum and the University of Texas at Austin each also have significant collections of Clarke's Dickens illustrations." Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |