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English: A Tale of Two Cities, illustration by John McLenan, Dr Manette's retrospective : the young man cursing the Evrémonde brothers before dying in Dr Manette's arms.

"I mark this cross of blood upon him, as a sign that I do it"

John McLenan

Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities, Book III, chapter 10 ("The Substance of the Shadow")

The twenty-seventh installment of the novel appeared in Harper's Weekly (5 November 1859): 717; it had originally appeared in the UK on Saturday, 29 October in All the Year Round
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Source http://www.victorianweb.org/art/illustration/2cities/index.html, scanned by Philip V. Allingham
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John McLenan  (1827–1865)  wikidata:Q6248088
 
John McLenan
Description American illustrator
Date of birth/death 1827 Edit this at Wikidata 1865 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death United States of America United States of America
Work period 1852-1865
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