n feet
high. He was lowered in _b_, and given a beard and a more hairy cap. It
was said, indeed, that the original face was too like Lord Brougham's,
but the reason for the change was probably what I have given.

"The Young Ladies' Seminary." All details are changed. The rather
"cranky" face of Mr. Pickwick, utterly unlike him, was improved and
restored to its natural benevolence; more detail put into the faces,
notably the cook's. The girls are made more distinct and attractive--the
lady principal at the back made effective; all the foliage treated
differently, a tree on the left removed. In _a_ there is a sort of hook
on the inside of the door to hold a bell, which is absent; in _b_ it is
added. The bolts, etc., are different.

"Mr. Pickwick in the Pound." _b_ is more brilliant and vastly improved;
the smaller donkey is removed, the three reduced to two; the sweep's cap
is made _white_; the faces are altered, and made more animated. Mr.
Pickwick's figure in the barrow is perhaps _not_ improved, but his face
is.

"Mr. Pickwick in the Attorney's Office." Sam's face in _a_ was quite
unlike, and was improved; the position of his legs altered. The other
points are much the same.

"Last Visit of Heyland to the Old Man." This is a sort of anticipation
of "Phiz's" later treatment of tragic subjects, as supplied for "Bleak
House" and such stories. Heyling's cloak in _b_ is draped over his left
arm, the boards of the door are outlined differently. In _a_ the face of
the old man a side one, with little expression; in _b_ it was made three-
quarters, and contorted with horror--the attitude powerfully expressive,
indeed. The figures of both are worth comparing.

"The Double-bedded Room." In _b_ the lady's face is refined, and made
less of the "nut-cracker" type. The comb is removed, her feet are
separated, and the figure becomes not ungraceful. A white night-gown in
_b_ is introduced; in _a_ it is her day-gown, and dark; the back of the
chair in _b_ is treated more ornamentally; in _a_ a plain frilled
nightcap is hung on the chair, changed in _b_ to a more grotesque and
"Gamp-like" headgear. Nothing can be better in _a_ than the effect of
light from the rushlight on the floor. This is helped by the lady's
figure, which is darkened in _a_, and thrown out by the white curtains
behind. Mr. Pickwick's face in _a_ is not good, and much improved in
_b_. It will be noted that the artist often thus failed in his