Scattergood Family illustration

Original illustration by John Leech for the book "The Fortunes of the Scattergood Family" by Albert Smith (1816-1860) published by Richard Bentley in 1845. John Leech was a British caricaturist and illustrator known for his work in "Punch" and Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol". The illustration depicts a man standing at the foot of a staircase firing a gun at another man coming through a door.

In Collection:

• 19th Century Manuscripts Collection

Creator

• Leech, John, 1817-1864

Subject

• Illustration of books
• Illustration of books, Victorian
• Art

Language

• eng

Date created

• approximately 1845

Resource type

• Still Image

Rights statement

• Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Extent

• 1 page

Additional physical characteristics

• "Scattergood Family" written in pencil on the verso.

Physical repository

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Collection

• 19th Century Manuscripts Collection

Provenance

• Purchased by donor from Jarndyce Antiquarian Booksellers, May 26, 2021. Gift of Peter Lowens, November 2023.

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Genre

• drawings (visual works)
• pencil drawings
• sketches
• illustrations (layout features)

Archival item identifier

• Accession Number: 2023-080

Fonds title

• Peter Lowens collection

Fonds identifier

• SC564

Is referenced by

• Special Collections Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/peter-lowens-collection

Date digitized

• November 10, 2023

Technical note

• Metadata by KD.

Rights

• Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access to the original. This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/h1rd-2b20

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