As mentioned last time, I thought it was really interesting that Ronald Searle "dissed" Arthur Rackham's illustrations for "A Christmas Carol," saying they had "a certain amount of atmosphere... but not what Dickens suggested in his descriptions."
I like Rackham's illustrations, but what do I know?
I had talked a bit about them in this post.
One thing I liked about those illustrations is that Rackham shows some scenes that you don't always see, like Bob Cratchit sliding down the hill and Belle's husband coming in with all the presents.
And, for example, this visualization of Scrooge's dressing-gown "hanging up in a suspicious attitude against the wall":
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