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Character Name	Boythorn, Mr. Lawrence
Character Description	Mr. Lawrence Boythorn is an elderly gentleman who is very fond of his pet canary. He has been good friends with Mr. Jarndyce for 45 years since they were schoolboys. He is engaged in a legal battle with his neighbor Sir Leicester Dedlock over a right-of-way issue
Book Title - Featuring Character	Bleak House
Book Description	Bleak House was the ninth novel written by Charles Dickens. He worked on it from November 1851 to August 1853. It was originally published in 20 monthly installments between March 1852 and September 1853 and is considered to be one of his best novels. The story is told partly by a narrator and partly by the character named Esther Summerson. The story involves many minor characters and sub-plots full of secrets and mystery which all evolve around the central plot which is a prolonged court case known as Jarndyce and Jarndyce that is being litigated in England's Court of Chancery. This case concerns the distribution of an estate and was caused by a testator who made several wills that bequeathed money and land surrounding the Manor of Marr in South Yorkshire. One of the main characters, John Jarndyce, lives in Bleak House
Date of Drawing	circa 1887-1910
Artist	Clark, Joseph Clayton, 1856 or 7-1946
Artist Pen Name	Kyd, 1856 or 7-1938
Title for the Collection of Illustrations	Illustrations to Dickens
Collection Publisher	Philadelphia: Pawson & Nicholson, Bookbinders, 1904
Subjects	Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870; Characters - Dickens, Charles; Illustrations - Dickens, Charles; Watercolor painting - Specimens; Color drawing - Specimens
Physical Dimensions	Quarto (11x8 7/8 in., 279x225mm)
Type	Watercolor Drawing
Format	jpeg
Special Collection	Nichols Collection
Rights	University of Oklahoma Libraries Nichols Collection