Library — 1864-05
Our Mutual Friend
This, the first instalment of the novel Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens, was published in May 1864. The novel covers thirty pages of the part work and includes illustrations by Marcus Stone. Charles Dickens’s novels were initially published in monthly or weekly parts. Each part had a distinctive illustrated blue or green paper cover. Inside, readers found numerous pages of adverts as well as the text and two engraved plates.
- Category:
- Library
- Object ID:
- 2001.75/1
- Object name:
- Our Mutual Friend
- Artist/Maker:
- Dickens, Charles
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- Production date:
- 1864-05
- Material:
paper
- Measurements/duration:
- H 222 mm, W 141 mm, D 8 mm (overall)
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- Record quality:
- 100%
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- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
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