Sydney Carton from 'A Tale of Two Cities'

Category

Library Item

Item no

24889

Title

Sydney Carton from 'A Tale of Two Cities' (caption)

Description

The caption page for the illustration of Sydney Carton is decorated with a drawing of a lit candle in a candle holder.

Artist / maker

Fraser, Claud Lovat

Date

1924

Size

11.0 x 9.5 cm

Type

Publisher's print

Location

Art and Design Library

A Tale of Two Cities is Dickens' twelve novel and is set during the French Revolution.
Sydney Carton is a lawyer who manages to get Charles Darnay released from a charge of treason. Carton later finds himself at the guillotine in the place of Darnay where he utters the immortal line: It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to, than I have ever known.

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