Storytime, Dickens Charles, Mr Alfred Jingle, Pickwick Papers, Kyd, Clarke Joseph Clayton, 1837 -1839

Date: 1837-1839

Artist: Clarke, Joseph Clayton

Author: Dickens Charles

Novel: The Pickwick Papers

Paper Size: 185 x 253

Condition: very good

Price: $80

Description: Beautiful original chromolithograph

Provenance:

Mr. Alfred Jingle

Alfred Jingle is a fictional character who appears in the novel The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

He is a strolling actor and an engaging charlatan and trickster noted for his bizarre anecdotes and distinctive mangling of English syntax.

This print comes from a series of Character sketches from Charles Dickens novels, Portrayed by Kyd in a series of watercolour sketches.

Biography

[Kyd] Joseph Clayton Clarke (1856-1937)

Clarke worked under the pseudonym “Kyd”, he was a British artist best known for his illustrations of characters from the novels of Charles Dickens.

Born in Onchan on the Isle of Man, the son of Lauris and Eliza Clark, Clarke had many occupations during his lifetime, including designer of cigarette cards and postcards, and as a fore-edge painter principally specializing in characters from the works of Charles Dickens. He worked for Punch for only one day and then as a freelance artist until 1900.”As a character ‘Kyd’ emulated those of Dickens and his own illustrations – slightly larger than life. In his style and dress he was mildly flamboyant for the period. He seldom varied his attire from a grey suit, spats, homburg hat, gloves and was never without a carnation or substitute flower in his button hole.”

 Around 1892, Clarke moved with his family to Chichester in West Sussex.