David Copperfield as a boy enters the study of Dr Strong who is absorbed in lexicographic work; his young wife Annie is sitting on a stool at his feet. Etching by Phiz. (Hablot K. Browne), 1849.

  • Browne, Hablot Knight, 1815-1882.
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1849
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35790i
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David Copperfield as a boy enters the study of Dr Strong who is absorbed in lexicographic work; his young wife Annie is sitting on a stool at his feet. Etching by Phiz. (Hablot K. Browne), 1849. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Dr Strong is headmaster of a school attended by David Copperfield in Canterbury. A bookcase covers the back wall; on top of it are bones of large animals and a fossil. On a chest next to the fireplace are a large tooth, an urn, and a "Brick of Babylon" (so inscribed)

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1849

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1 print : etching ; image 14 x 11 cm

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I return to the Doctor's after the party. Phiz.

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Philip V. Allingham, 'I return to the Doctor's after the party', Victorian Web http://www.victorianweb.org/

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Wellcome Collection 35790i

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