Barkis Drives David to Yarmouth

Harold Copping

1924

Colour lithography

Approximately 7 x 5 inches (18.3 x 12.8 cm)

From Character Sketches from Dickens, facing p. 94.

Harold Copping's realistic style is perhaps a little unsuitable for depicting the enigmatic carrier, Mr. Barkis, as he drives David away from Blunderstone on the first leg of the boy's journey to London. The moment depicted occurs in instalment two (chapter 5, "I Am Sent Away from Home"), June 1849.

Scanned image, caption, and commentary below by Philip V. Allingham

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References

Matz, B. W., and Kate Perugini; illustrated by Harold Copping. Character Sketches from Dickens. London: Raphael Tuck, 1924. Copy in the Paterson Library, Lakehead University.

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Last modified 16 February 2009