very unique and hard to find original c. 1880's intact interior residential fireplace surround pictorial tile featuring a scene from charles dickens "barnaby rudge." the reddish-brown colored underglaze was printed from a simple stipple engraving published in 1836 by "e.m." the victorian era tile was salvaged from the extant david c. cook mansion, located in elgin, il. david c. cook, founder of a prominent religious publishing operation, built the high victorian queen anne chateauesque style mansion on the corner of gifford and division streets in 1885. in 1945 the grand residence was converted (i.e., modernized and expanded) into the mary margaret nursing home and later renamed the bowes retirement center. fortunately, interior elegant furnishings located on both the first and second floors were left intact from the time of mr. cook's occupancy. the fate of the house remains uncertain. the fireplace tile was salvaged from a second floor child's bedroom. unmarked on the backside. attributed to t. & r. boote, ltd., england. measures 6 x 6 inches. light surface crazing evident.