Background:

These whimsical prints are from a folio of famous characters from the novels of Charles Dickens by the noted illustrator  Joseph Clayton Clarke who signed his drawings with the pen name "Kyd".  Clarke completed the original water colors on which the prints are based.

Following is an excerpt from the preface to the folio:  "The characters of Charles Dickens are something more than mere fictional creations.  They breathe and live in real flesh and blood.  We know or seem to have known them personally.  They will cease to charm us only when the English language is forgotten or human nature ceases to exist."