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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DragonflyWink, post: 3083842, member: 111&quot;]Haven&#039;t much beyond basics on fashion dating, so can&#039;t defend my &#039;Dickensian&#039; comment other than to say that the image reminds me of illustrations used in period Dickens publications (not that I necessarily think it is actually from Dickens, or the box from the period).&nbsp; Was initially reminded of Uriah Heep in my favorite &#039;David Copperfield&#039;, but while they did have an adult encounter with coffee, coming in the door doesn&#039;t fit the scene - &#039;Little Dorrit&#039; was another thought, with Chivery bringing food to Clennam in prison, but not really right either.&nbsp; Suspect it might be helpful if more of the lettering could be made out (the first word looks like &#039;WHAT&#039; to me, but my eyes are especially weak today)...</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Some &#039;Little Dorrit&#039; images here:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.victorianweb.org/art/illustration/phiz/197.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.victorianweb.org/art/illustration/phiz/197.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.victorianweb.org/art/illustration/phiz/197.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This illustration by H.K. Browne (Phiz) is from 1850, when &#039;David Copperfield&#039; was first published in book form, showing Copperfield running into the odious Heep while on a prison tour:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]292875[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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