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The Dombey Family

The Dombey Family

 

With the patriarch Dombey sitting stiffly in the middle and the children off to the side, and Little Paul being held by his wet-nurse, Browne is able to suggest the awkwardness of the family dynamic.

Hablot K. Browne. Original illustration of a scene from Dombey and Son, 1846.

 

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