Phiz! The Book Illustration of Hablot Knight Browne

Article number 10176132

This book offers a comprehensive overview of the works of Hablot Knight Browne (pseudoniem “Phiz”), containing more than 200 of his finest book illustrations. It surveys his life and artistic career via an erudite introduction by Buchanan-Brown, analyzes Browne’s illustrations in the context of the novels they accompany, and presents a nearly complete checklist of his illustrated works. The volume showcases the wide stylistic range, humour, pathos and technical mastery of Browne’s engravings, from the serials of Charles Dickens and novels by Charles Lever to other Victorian-era literature.