What I enjoyed most about todays exercise with A Christmas Carol was seeing the way that Leeche's illustrations represened Dickens's story. For the image that I curated which was the one entitled "Scrooge's third Visitor," I was able to see how the image was a direct reflection of the scene in the book that it was placed next to in the print copy. Leech produced a direct reflection of the character that Dickens wrote, as the description and image themselves were the same, and in doing so included delierate symbols to showcase what the Ghost of Christmas Present represents. As we discussed in the lecture, the Ghost of Christmas Present is representative of abundance and prosperity, which is shown in his wearing the colour green and having a torch and feast that mirror the cornucopia, otherwise known as the horn of penty. With the meanings behind the Ghost himself, it is essential that Leech used the steel-engraved method to produce this image, to ensure that all of the colours were accurately showcased and that the image came across in a way that best fits the text that it accompanies. I am looking forward to seeing how this is the same case for other texts, and especially how the means of producing the images directly impacts the meaning that the illustrations bring to a text.