Marley's Ghost - Stave 1

Created by Patricia Lucreziano on Thu, 09/24/2020 - 10:46

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This image is found in A Christmas Carol (1843), created with hand colouredsteel engraving/etching. This is a full page image that accompanies Stave 1 of the book. It is a 9.8x8 cm piece of art is depicting the moment in the story that Scrooge encounters his dead buisness partner. This image was created in a caricature-like way, with realistic elements. Jacob Marely and Ebenezer Scrooge together while Marely is shown with chains created out of ledger books, representing how greed weighs down a persons spirit even in the afterlife. This image, like others in teh book, allow readers to see the line between the visible and invisible world represented in image. 

Contributed to by: Kyle Sarjeant, Yousef Farhang, Zeinab Fakih, Payton Flood, Patricia Lucreziano, Emma Fraschetti 

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A Christmas Carol, Published.

19 Dec 1843

A Christmas Carol is a novella written by Charles Dicken with illustrations by John Leech and published by Chapman & Hall. It is a ghost story set at Christmas. The novella contains 8 illustrations that are either wood or steel engravings which are all coloured by hand. Although Dickens had not planned on writing a Christmas Carol until six weeks before it's publication, it went on to be his most successful work, selling 6000 copies in it's original run. The character Tiny Tim was inspired by Dickens disabled nephew. The first edition is bound in red cloth with gilt design on the front board and spine. 

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Part of Group:

Victorian Illustrated Books (ENG910 F2020)

Featured in Exhibit: 

Victorian Illustrated Books Gallery Exhibit
(Re)Reading A Christmas Carol as a Graphic Novel
(Re)Reading A Christmas Carol as a Graphic Novel
Christmas Carol

Artist: 

  • John Leech

Image Date: 

Dec 1843