The Mistress of The Blue Dragon
Sol Eytinge, Jr.
Dickens's Martin Chuzzlewit (Diamond Edition).
Third illustration for Dickens's The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit in the Ticknor and Fields (Boston, 1867) Diamond Edition.
In this third full-page character study for the novel, Eytinge characterises Mark Tapley's employer, Mrs. Lupin, as a young and attractive widow and self-assured businesswoman.
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