The Chimes Frontispiece and Illustrated Title-Page

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Title

The Chimes Frontispiece and Illustrated Title-Page

Subject

illustration

frontispiece

Daniel Maclise

The Chimes

Charles Dickens

Description

Illustrated frontispiece and title page by Daniel Maclise from The Chimes

Creator

Maclise, Daniel

Source

The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In (London: Chapman and Hall, 1845), Special Collections, University of Leicester [SCS 03782]

Publisher

Chapman and Hall

Date

This edition 1845

Rights

You may use this image in accordance with the license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

Format

image/jpg

Language

English

Identifier

SCM_03782_chimes

Files

The double page spread of a book. On the right hand page illustrated writing reads 'The Chimes A Goblin Story'. The letters in 'The Chimes' are made up of tiny bell shapes. The letters of 'Goblin Story' are formed by illustrations of tiny Goblins. Ornamental writing, parts gothic in style, give the subtitle and author. The page is decorated with ivy and images of spirits floating across clouds. On the left page is an illustration of an ornamental stone bell tower. A goblin sits on top of the tower and spirits like naked young women rush from the five ringing bells. Another goblin sits on top of the largest of the bells. Four cherubim hold the bell ropes at the bottom of the illustration. Both pages have the artist's signature and the right has the publisher's name printed at the bottom.

Collection

Special Collections, University of Leicester, Leicester

Citation

Maclise, Daniel, “The Chimes Frontispiece and Illustrated Title-Page,” The Dickens Code, accessed May 24, 2025, https://dickenscode.omeka.net/items/show/53.