Noun
The face or visage.
Source: Webster's dictionary1849 printing of Pelham with Hablot K. Browne ( Phiz ) frontispiece: Pelham's electioneering visit to the Revd. Source: Internet
Autobiographical elements An original illustration by Phiz from the novel "David Copperfield", widely regarded as Dickens's most autobiographical work Authors frequently draw their portraits of characters from people they have known in real life. Source: Internet
Seymour committed suicide after the second instalment, and Dickens, who wanted to write a connected series of sketches, hired " Phiz " to provide the engravings (which were reduced from four to two per instalment) for the story. Source: Internet