Mr. Fogg dreams 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 several sleeping people in a room with illuminated figures like clowns and fairies from their dreams in the middle of them.

In Collection:

• 19th Century Manuscripts Collection

Creator

• Leech, John, 1817-1864

Subject

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

Language

• eng

Date created

• approximately 1845

Resource type

• Still Image

Rights statement

• Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Extent

• 1 page

Additional physical characteristics

• "Mr. Fogg dreams." and some other largely illegible words written on pencil under the sketch on the recto and "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

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

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/10.58066/1dn0-m539