"A Tale of Two Cities", by Charles Dickens. Illustrated with 16 color plates by Rowland Wheelwright. Published by Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1925.

Charles Dickens (1812-1870), a writer and social critic who created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime, and by the twentieth century critics and scholars had recognized him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories enjoy lasting popularity.

Rowland Wheelwright (1870-1955) was English artist and illustrator. Due to the Australian draught disaster, the Wheelwright family lost their farm and immigrated to England in 1880. Rowland studied at St.John's Wood Art School, and the Herkomer School of Art in Bushey from 1891-93. While in school, he became acquainted with painters such as Lucy Kemp-Welch while studying under Sir Hubert von Herkomer. He was elected to the Royal Society of British Artists in 1906 and also exhibited at the RA, Royal Institute of Oil Painters, Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, Fine Art Society, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, National Society of Painters, Sculptors & Printmakers, Paris Salon, Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Royal Hibernian Academy and Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colors. His principal works include 'Joan of Arc Taken Prisoner', 'The Caravan', 'Enid and Geraint' and 'Don Quixote'. Examples of his work are in the collections of Bushey Museum and Art Gallery, Cheltenham Art Gallery, Gallery Oldham, Harris Museum and Art Gallery Museums Sheffield and Torre Abbey Historic House and Gallery.



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Hard boards, original blue cloth with color illustration mounted on the front cover [some wear, especially edges, the spine is fade, browned and very thin with a few creases], the cover is protected with a plastic jacket; 6” x 9”; 353 pages + sixteen color plates including frontispiece, a little soiling, very good condition.