(ESTAMPES, GRAVURES, LITHOGRAPHIES) - DICKENS - CECIL ALDIN - "Bardel v. Pickwick: Gentlemen, what does this mean? Chops and Tomato sauce. Yours, Pickwick" - Illustration for "The Posthumous Papers Of The Pickwick Club" by Charles Dickens, first published in 1836 - Illustration by Cecil Aldin (Slough, April 28, 1870 - London, January 6, 1935) - "Picture from Pickwick" indicated below the image on the left, and artist's signature in the plate - Lithograph on wove paper - Copyright Lawrence & Jellicoe LTD & Chapman & Hall LTD London - JL Soffart imprimeur, Bruxelles - Sheet size : H: 420 x W: 510mm / Subject: H: 280 x W: 380mm. - Condition A - Good condition, some scattered foxing, marginal tears.

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