Wilkes Riots Etching. Title at the center. Signed on plate under the image: "PHIZ". From the series of 17 ...

Wilkes Riots Etching. Title at the center. Signed on plate under the image: "PHIZ". From the series of 17 etchings on copper illustrating Charles Dickens's novels, published in London by "Thomas Tegg Cheapside" in XIX century. Browne Hablot Knight, alias Phiz, (Kensinghton 1815 - Brighton 1892) English painter, watercolorist and engraver. He illustrated books by Charles Dickens and other famous writers. Phiz was above all a friend and a collaborator of the famous writer. His remarkable work of illlustrator brought him a medal by the Arts Society in 1832, and by the Royal Academy in 1878. Ref: Bénézit I, 342.
22 x 13.5 (foglio), 11 x 9.2 (image), 25 x 17.5 (passepartout)