CHARLES DICKENS: BLEAK HOUSE ILLUSTRATED BY FREDERICK BARNARD, 1st Part

Frederick Barnard (16 May 1846 – 28 September 1896)^[1] was an English illustrator,  caricaturist and genre painter. He is noted for his work on the novels of Charles Dickens published between 1871 and 1879 by Chapman and Hall.

Barnard in 1892

I AM INTRODUCED TO CONVERSATION KENGE.

IN AN ATMOSPHERE OF BORRIOBOOLA-GHA.

THE LORD CHANCELLOR RELATES THE DEATH OF TOM JARNDYCE.

"WE ARE NOT SO PREJUDICED AS TO SUPPOSE THAT IN PRIVATE LIFE YOU ARE OTHERWISE THAN A VERY ESTIMABLE MAN, WITH A GREAT DEAL OF POETRY IN YOUR NATURE, OF WHICH YOU MAY NOT BE CONSCIOUS."

THE GROWLERY.

"ALFRED, MY YOUNGEST (FIVE), HAS VOLUNTARILY ENROLLED HIMSELF IN THE INFANT BONDS OF JOY, AND IS PLEDGED NEVER, THROUGH LIFE, TO USE TOBACCO IN ANY FORM."

"iF i WERE IN YOUR PLACE, I WOULD SEIZE EVERY MASTERY IN  CHANCERY BY  THE THROAT TO-MORROW MORNING, AND SHAKE HIM UNTIL HIS MONEY ROLLED OUT OF HIS POCKETS, AND HIS BONES RATTLED IN HIS SKIN.

NEMO

"HE WOS WERY GOOD TO ME, HE WOS!"

"WHY, DO YOU KNOW HOW PRETTY YOU ARE, CHILD? " SHE SAYS, TOUCHING HER SHOULDER WITH HER TWO FOREFINGERS.

DEPORTMENT.

"HONOURED, INDEED, " SAID SHE, "BY ANOTHER VISIT FROM THE WARDS IN JARNDYCE!"

"I'M FLY," SAYS JO. "BUT FEN LARKS, YOU KNOW. STOW HOOKING IT !"

TO MY GREAT SURPRISE, ON GOING IN, I FOUND MY GUARDIAN STILL THERE, AND SITTING LOOKING AT THE ASHES,"

"i HAVE FRIGHTENED YOU?" SHE SAID.

"WHO UD GO AND LET A NICE INNOCENT LODGING TO SUCH A REG'LAR ONE AS ME!"

"I AM GROWN UP, NOW, GUPPY. I HAVE ARRIVED AT MATURITY."

GRANDFATHER SMALLWEED ASTONISHES MR. GEORGE.

"HERE SHE IS !" CRIES JO.