Illustrations for Edwin Drood
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Illustrations for Edwin Drood are a series of Victorian-era engravings by Samuel Luke Fildes created for Charles Dickens’s unfinished novel "The Mystery of Edwin Drood," noted for their detailed realism and atmospheric depiction of the story’s characters and settings.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Victorian-era engravings
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series of book illustrations ⓘ |
| artMovement | Victorian art ⓘ |
| artStyle | realism ⓘ |
| associatedArtForm | book engraving ⓘ |
| associatedWithAuthor | Charles Dickens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithWork | unfinished novel ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Charles Dickens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissionedFor | serial publication of The Mystery of Edwin Drood ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | Samuel Luke Fildes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
contribute to reception of The Mystery of Edwin Drood
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important visual interpretation of Dickens’s final novel ⓘ |
| depictionCharacteristic |
careful characterisation through gesture and expression
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strong use of light and shadow ⓘ |
| depictsFictionalCharacter |
Edwin Drood
NERFINISHED
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Helena Landless NERFINISHED ⓘ John Jasper NERFINISHED ⓘ Neville Landless NERFINISHED ⓘ Rosa Bud NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depictsFictionalPlace |
Cloisterham
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cathedral close in Cloisterham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depictsPeriod | Victorian era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depictsTheme |
Victorian social life
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crime ⓘ mystery ⓘ obsession ⓘ |
| genre | book illustration ⓘ |
| hasIllustrator | Samuel Luke Fildes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalContext | late career of Charles Dickens ⓘ |
| illustrateAuthor | Charles Dickens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| illustrateWork | The Mystery of Edwin Drood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Victorian narrative illustration tradition ⓘ |
| languageOfAccompanyingText | English ⓘ |
| medium | engraving ⓘ |
| notableFor |
atmospheric depiction of characters
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atmospheric depiction of settings ⓘ detailed realism ⓘ |
| printingTechnique | wood engraving ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| publicationContext | first edition of The Mystery of Edwin Drood ⓘ |
| publicationFormat | serialised novel parts ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByIllustrator | illustrations for other Dickens novels by Samuel Luke Fildes GENERATED ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
scholarly studies on Dickens illustration
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studies of Victorian book illustration ⓘ |
| usedIn |
bound book editions of The Mystery of Edwin Drood
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original serial parts of The Mystery of Edwin Drood ⓘ |
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