phiz

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Theirs is a bouncy, jaunty take on Austen, with a 10-member cast taking on an assortment of roles that are always clearly defined, sometimes as graphically as caricatures by the Dickens illustrator Phiz.

From New York Times • Nov. 26, 2014

Sir John Falstaff's lowlife cronies have the spiky angularity of a Phiz illustration to a Dickens novel.

From The Guardian • Jul. 28, 2011

He is also the author of A Salad of Stray Leaves now in the press, which contains a frontispiece by "Phiz," the last design from his pencil.

From 'Phiz' (Hablot Knight Browne), a Memoir. by Kitton, Fred. G.

Full-length portraits of the principal characters in Dombey, which were issued as additional plates by "Phiz," are now very scarce.

From 'Phiz' (Hablot Knight Browne), a Memoir. by Kitton, Fred. G.

The choice fell upon "Phiz," the artist whose ability has so admirably proved the wisdom of the selection; and Thackeray thereupon determined to adopt another profession, with what happy results let Esmond testify.

From 'Phiz' (Hablot Knight Browne), a Memoir. by Kitton, Fred. G.