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Silas Wegg from 'Our Mutual Friend'
Fraser, Claud Lovat, 1924, Publisher's print
Silas Wegg from 'Our Mutual Friend'
Silas Wegg from 'Our Mutual Friend'
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Silas Wegg from 'Our Mutual Friend' (caption)
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The caption page for the illustration of Silas Wegg is decorated with a drawing of a baker in a long apron carrying a pie on a plate.
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Fraser, Claud Lovat
Date
1924
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14.0 x 8.5 cm
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Publisher's print
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Art and Design Library
Our Mutual Friend is Charles Dickens' fourteenth and last completed novel which was published between 1864 and 1865.
Silas Wegg is a deceitful street trader who is taken into Mr Boffin's employment to read to him. Once ensconsed in the Boffin house, Wegg attempts to get hold of Boffin's wealth.
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