Hablot Knight Browne

Hablot Knight Browne

Hablot Knight Browne , pseud. Phiz, 1815–82, English illustrator. At 21 he was chosen by Charles Dickens to illustrate Pickwick Papers. His success was immediate, and in due course he illustrated many of Dickens's novels as well as works of Harrison Ainsworth and Charles Lever. Browne also contributed popular cartoons to Punch and painted numerous watercolors and several oils.

Bibliography: See biography by V. B. Lester (new ed. 2006).

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Browne, Hablot Knight (1815–82), under the pseudonym ‘Phiz’, illustrated some of the works of Dickens, Surtees, Smedley, etc.

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Illustrations pursue Dickens.(THE HOME FORUM)
Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor; 5/12/2004
Phiz.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Contemporary Review; 4/1/2005
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Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 5/31/2011

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