In 1871, a year after Dickens's death, his publishers, Chapman and Hall decided to create a brand new edition of Dickens's works which, for the first time since the original novels were published, would involve creating new illustrations across Dickens's entire works. Between 1871-1879, Chapman and Hall published the 'Household Edition' (presumably named to recall the popularity of Dickens's periodical 'Household Words'). They hired several illustrators for the project: Hablot Knight Browne (Phiz) returned to illustrate The Pickwick Papers once more, James Mahoney illustrated Oliver Twist and Little Dorrit, Charles Green illustrated The Old Curiosity Shop, but the artist who contributed the most to the Household Edition was Fred Barnard who provided illustrations for ten of the novels (eleven if we include Sketches by Boz). Altogether, the Household Edition contains eight hundred and sixty six illustrations – even more than appeared in Dickens's works originally. The images were engraved by the Dalziel Brothers who described the edition as being 'By far the most important commission ever placed in our hands by Messrs. Chapman & Hall' and observe that Fred Barnard 'unquestionably stands among the foremost illustrators of Dickens' and that he 'was one of the most versatile artists of our time.'