Phiz.(Book Review)

Contemporary Review | April 1, 2005 | Copyright

Phiz: The Man Who Drew Dickens. Valerie Browne Lester. Chatto & Windus. [pounds sterling]20.00. xvii + 269 pages. ISBN 0-7011-7742-X. One of the most important developments in Victorian literary history was the emergence of illustrations in magazines and novels. Behind them stood the illustrator. Of these often unsung heroes Hablot Knight Browne (1815-1882), better known as Phiz, was perhaps the most important. His fame began with his illustrations for Dickens' The Pickwick Papers and he worked for Fanny Trollope, Thackeray and Anthony Trollope but his ...

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