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The Marshalsea becomes an orphan

The Marshalsea becomes an orphan
 (1855-1857)
illustration for Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens

Medium
etching
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Miss Archibald, 1930
Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
etching
Measurements
11.8 × 19.4 cm (image and sheet, trimmed within platemark)
Inscription
printed in ink l.c.: The Marshalsea becomes an Orphan
Accession Number
4294.33-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Miss Archibald, 1930
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Literary and Text
Subjects (specific)
celebrations children (people by age group) debtors' prisons literary characters men (male humans) prisoners scenes (depictions) women (female humans)
Movements
Victorian

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