A description of Mr Tite Barnacle of the Circumlocution Office as someone who "seemed to have been sitting for his portrait to Sir Thomas Lawrence all the days of his life" is one of 25 references to art in Charles Dickens' 1857 novel Little Dorrit.I.B. Nadel 1977 "Wonderful Deception": Art and the artist in Little Dorrit. Criticism 19(1), 17-33.
a description of mr tite barnacle of the circumlocution office as someone who "seemed to have been sitting for his portrait to sir thomas lawrence all the days of his life" is one of 25 references to art in charles dickens' 1857 novel little dorritib nadel 1977 "wonderful deception" art and the artist in little dorrit criticism 19(1) 17-33