Mahoney's original art for Dickens' Little Dorrit

Heading: (Dickens, Charles)
Author: Mahoney, James
Title: "I am a citizen of the world" - original illustration for Dickens' "Little Dorrit"
Place Published: [n.p.]
Publisher:
Date Published: [c.1870-1879]
Description:
Original pen and ink on paper, 11x14 cm (4¼x5¼"), mounted on cardstock, 13.5x17 cm (5¼x6½"). Included as well, unattached, is matting used to display the piece at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 12/12/87-2/7/88.

The drawing is signed in monogram. The drawing appears on p.1 of Chapman and Hall's "Household Edition" of Little Dorrit: With Fifty-Eight Illustrations by J. Mahoney, published c.1891. A copy is included here, in fair condition only. James Mahony (or Mahoney) was a leading nineteenth century Irish artist and engraver. His father was a joiner in Cork, Ireland, and little is known of his early life. He seems to have studied painting and drawing in Rome, travelling in Italy and France until aged 32 when he returned to Cork. He is possibly best known for his illustrations of Dickens' work.
Condition Report: Glue residue to mount; drawing fine or nearly so.