File:A Christmas Carol - Ignorance and Want.jpg

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Summary

Artist



Alternative names	John Leech
Description	English caricaturist, illustrator and drawer
Date of birth/death	29 August 1817	29 October 1864 / 14 October 1864 / 1864
Location of birth/death	London	London
Work location	London; England
Authority file	: Q1374807 VIAF: 55323488 ISNI: 0000000109033018 ULAN: 500002592 LCCN: n79054670 NLA: 35297707 WorldCat

Description

Ignorance and Want, woodcut — from A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (1812-1870)

Date

19^th century

Medium

engraving

Source/Photographer

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/46/46-h/46-h.htm
Alternative source: http://www.victorianweb.org/art/illustration/carol/6.html

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	18:39, 1 March 2020	789 × 1,000 (500 KB)	JasonAQuest	larger, better, monochrome copy
	20:33, 20 December 2008	420 × 525 (65 KB)	DHCpepper	{{Information \|Description=Ignorance and Want, woodcut — from A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870)<br> \|Source= http://www.ibiblio.org/ebooks/Dickens/Carol/Dickens_Carol.htm http://www.gutenberg.org/files/46/46-h/46-h.htm *Alternative sour
	16:42, 20 February 2008	378 × 480 (71 KB)	JasonAQuest	scan without interference patterns, from http://charlesdickenspage.com/illustrations_web/A_Christmas_Carol/A_Christmas_Carol_02.jpg
	16:27, 20 February 2008	420 × 525 (65 KB)	JasonAQuest	adjust contrast
	19:56, 7 August 2006	420 × 525 (42 KB)	Conscious	Reverted to earlier revision
	19:56, 7 August 2006	348 × 369 (88 KB)	Conscious	version from en:
	07:39, 6 December 2005	420 × 525 (42 KB)	Droll (usurped)	Ignorance and Want<br> hand colored etching by John Leech (1809 - 1870)<br> from A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870)<br> source: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/46/46-h/46-h.htm