Barnaby Rudge from 'Barnaby Rudge'

Category

Library Item

Item no

24876

Title

Barnaby Rudge from 'Barnaby Rudge'

Description

A dishevelled character stands holding a large staff and with one hand at his waist. He is wearing a hat decorated with feathers and a patched frock coat. One of his stockings has fallen down and at his feet is a crow, or raven.

Artist / maker

Fraser, Claud Lovat

Date

1924

Size

15.0 x 10.0 cm

Type

Publisher's print

Location

Art and Design Library

Barnaby Rudge was Dickens' fifth novel and first published as a serialization in Master Humphrey's Clock. The subject is the 1780 Gordon Riots and is one of only two historical novels by Dickens.
The eponymous character, Barnaby Rudge unwittingly gets involved in the Gordon Riots. He ends up getting arrested and being sentenced to death. Fortunately, the sentence is later reprieved.

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