Titelpagina voor: Charles Dickens, De klok van meester Humphrey, 1840 1840

This is a title page for a Dutch translation of Charles Dickens's "Master Humphrey's Clock" by Willem Bal, a Dutch illustrator, published in 1840 by Hendrik Frijlink. The image depicts a clock with a man looking at it. There are many smaller figures, perhaps ghosts or spirits, surrounding the clock. This artwork, now part of the Rijksmuseum collection, is a captivating example of 19th-century Dutch book illustration and is a testament to the popularity of Dickens's work at the time.