WOOD ENGRAVING – “BOB CRATCHIT AND TINY TIM” from the picture by S. Eytinge Jr, and engraved by Mr. Anthony.  This engraving was published in 1870, and is in very good condition.  It measures 11 ¾” x 8 7/8”, and is matted to 16” x 20” for easy framing.

The coming of Christmas must bring to many a home, in England and America, tender thoughts of Charles Dickens, and recollections of all the wise and beautiful things he wrote touching the season.  The well-thumbed old volumes will be taken down from the shelf for rereading.  Perhaps none of the series of genial Christmas books will be turned to more generally than “A Christmas Carol,” – the loveliest and most human sermon ever preached on Christmas.  How many lips before the day is over will quote Tiny Tim’s blessing!  Thinking of the dead, of those far away, and of the dear ones at our fireside, what more tender and direct prayer can take the shape of words than Tiny Tim’s “God bless us every one!”  His pathetic little face looks out upon us in the exquisite picture “Bob Cratchit and Tiny Tim.”  The drawing, superbly engraved is worthy of a sermon from which it takes its text.  Tiny Tim with the little crutch in his hand, and honest Bob Cratchit carrying him tenderly through the snowy street, is a picture that should entitle Mr. Eytinge to the very foremost rank of the many artists, American and English, who have drawn upon their best resources in illustrating the writings of Dickens.

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