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

In the illustration where Mark Tapley is seen starting from his native village for London, "Phiz" exhibits his sense of the picturesque in the old gables and dormers of the cottages which form the background.

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

He had a sheaf of designs for Irish humorous publications,—'The Weekly Quiz.' to be illustrated by Phiz; 'Blarney,' which was to be launched on the 1st of April.

From Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I by Downey, Edmund

In 1837, "Phiz" accompanied Dickens to Flanders, for a ten days' summer holiday; and in 1838 they went to Yorkshire, a journey which resulted in the production of Nicholas Nickleby.

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