Phiz: The Man Who Drew Dickens

By Valerie Lester

Hablot Knight Brown--known as "Phiz"--was the greatest illustrator of Charles Dickens' fiction. In a collaboration that lasted for a quarter of a century, Phiz's drawings brought to life a galaxy of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 070117742X
• ISBN13: 9780701177423
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: Random House UK
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.1" x 6.2"

Customer Reviews

"Phiz" and "Boz"; matched artist and author

From the fourth weekly issue of "Pickwick Papers" through most of the rest of Dickens' novels, success measured by the number of readers rested significantly on the illustrations by Hablot Knight Browne (Phiz) equally with the genius of Dickens. The great, great grand daughter of "Phiz" has written an absorbing acount that satisfies my curiosity concening publishing and boook illustratiion, and the life of the artist, when Dickens' popularity was at it's height.