- Brief description
- Watercolour illustration 'The Happy Pair' for 'Our Mutual Friend' by Marcus Stone
- Label
- Marcus Stone was the son of Dickens's friend and illustrator Frank Stone. When Frank died suddenly in 1859, Dickens treated Marcus like a son, welcomed him into his home, and hired him as an illustrator for Our Mutual Friend. Dickens allowed Marcus a large amount of freedom in selecting which scenes to illustrate. F G Kitton, an illustrator and founding member of the Dickens Fellowship, said "in no instance did the novelist question the proprierty of his (Marcus's) selection".
- Collection
- object
- Object number
- DH344
- Object type
- watercolour
- Production person
- Stone, Marcus
- Production date
- 1864
- Inscription content
- Marcus Stone / 64
- Inscription description
- Lower left corner
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