What is C.J Stryver's physical description?A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

Although there is no detailed physical description of the
obtrusive C. J. Stryver in A Tale of Two Cities, Dickens often
suggests that he is big and overbearing. There are often suggestions of his being rather
large and bullying in his manner, as often the phrase "shouldered himself" is used. For
example in Chapter 12 of Book the Second, "The Fellow of Delicacy," Mr. Stryver
shoulders his way from the Temple

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bursting his full-blown way along the pavement,
to the jostlement of all weaker people, might have seen how safe and strong he
was....

So, he pushed open the door...stumbled down the two
steps, got past the two ancient cashiers, and shouldered himself into the musty back
closet where Mr. Lorry
sat....

In discussing his
chances of marrying Lucie, the usually discreet Mr. Lorry finally must tell Stryver,
"you know, there really is so much, too much of you!"  Angered by Mr. Lorry's suggestion
that Lucie would reject his proposal, Stryver turns
and

"burst
out of the Bank, causing such a concussion of air on his passage through, that to stand
up against it bowing behind the two counters, required the utmost remaining strength of
the two ancient
clerks.

Further in the
narrative, in Chapter 21 of Book the Second, Dickens writes that Mr.
Stryver

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shouldered his way through the law, like some
engine focing itself through turbid
water...

He marries a florid
widow who has property and three boys.  Towards these "three lumps of bread-and-cheese,"
Mr. Stryver exudes "patronage of the most offensive quality from every
pore."

So, rather than his being large, the
characterization of C. J. Stryver focuses more upon his overbearing nature and
manners.