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

Medium
etching

Measurements
11.8 × 19.4 cm (image and sheet, trimmed within platemark)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Miss Archibald, 1930

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Inscription
printed in ink l.c.: The Marshalsea becomes an Orphan

Accession Number
4294.33-3

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest

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