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Credit Line Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer

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1. "The greatest plague of life", or, The adventures of a lady in search of a good servant / by one who has been "almost worried to death" ; illustrated by George Cruikshank.

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Creator:
Mayhew, Augustus, 1826–1875
Date:
[1847]
Physical Description:
[6] parts : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer

2. 1851, or, The adventures of Mr. and Mrs. Sandboys and family, who came up to London to "enjoy themselves," and to see the Great Exhibition / by Henry Mayhew, and George Cruikshank.

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Creator:
Mayhew, Henry, 1812–1887
Date:
[1851]
Physical Description:
[4], 242 (i.e. 240) p., [10] leaves of plates (2 folded) : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer

3. [Illustrated title page from] Fairy songs & ballads for the young / written, composed and dedicated to Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal, by O.B. Dussek ; in two books.

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Creator:
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
Date:
[not later than 1858]
Physical Description:
1 leaf of plates : ill. ; 44 x 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer

4. A handbook for posterity, or, Recollections of "Twiddle Twaddle" / by George Cruikshank, about himself and other people ; a series of sixty-two "etchings on glass," with descriptive notes.

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Creator:
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
Date:
1896
Physical Description:
xii p., [60] leaves, [1], 60 leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer

5. A memoir of George Cruikshank / by Frederic G. Stephens ; and an Essay on the genius of George Cruikshank by William Makepeace Thackeray.

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Creator:
Stephens, Frederic George, 1828–1907
Date:
1891
Physical Description:
xii, 144 p. : ill., port. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer

6. A slice of bread and butter / cut by G. Cruikshank ; being the substance of a speech delivered at a public meeting, held for the benefit of the Jews' and General Literary and Mechanics' Institution.

A slice of bread and butter / cut by G. Cruikshank ; being the substance of a speech delivered at a public meeting, held for the benefit of the Jews' and General Literary and Mechanics' Institution.
Creator:
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
Date:
[1857]
Physical Description:
16 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer

7. Ancient mysteries described : especially the English miracle plays, founded on apocryphal New Testatment story, extant among the unpublished manuscripts in the British Museum; including notices of ecclesiastical shows, the festivals of Fools and asses--The English boy bishop--The descent into hell--The lord mayor's show--The guildhall giants--Christmas carols, &c. / by William Hone ; with engravings on copper and wood.

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Creator:
Hone, William, 1780–1842
Date:
1823
Physical Description:
[2], 298, 2 p., [4] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer

8. Bombastes furioso : a burlesque tragic opera / by William Barnes Rhodes ; with designs by George Cruikshank.

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Creator:
Rhodes, William Barnes, 1772–1826
Date:
1830
Physical Description:
34, [2] p. : ill. ; 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer

9. Burford cottage : and its robin-red-breast / by the author of Keeper's travels.

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Creator:
Kendall, Edward Augustus, 1776?-1842
Date:
1835
Physical Description:
[6], 476 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer

10. Cakes and ale / by Douglas Jerrold.

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Creator:
Jerrold, Douglas, 1803–1857
Date:
1842
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer

11. Cheerful pastimes for merry-making parties : descriptive of the various domestic amusements resorted to in youthful and genteel society, tending to occupy the mind, and while away the winter evenings in hilarity / illustrated by Cruikshank.

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Date:
1830
Physical Description:
xxi, 185 p., 1 unnumbered folded leaf of plates : 1 illustration ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer

12. Christmas stories : containing John Wildgoose the poacher, The smuggler, and Good-nature, or Parish matters.

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Creator:
Berens, Edward, 1777?-1859
Date:
1823
Physical Description:
[4], 210 p., [3] leaves of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer

13. Cinderella and the glass slipper / edited and illustrated with ten subjects ; designed and etched on steel by George Cruikshank.

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Date:
[1854]
Physical Description:
31 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer

14. Clement Lorimer, or, The book with the iron clasps : a romance / by Angus B. Reach ; illustrated by George Cruikshank.

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Creator:
Reach, Angus B. (Angus Bethune), 1821–1856
Date:
1849
Physical Description:
vi, [2], 280 p., [12] leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer

15. Der Freischütz, travestie / by Septimus Globus, Esq. ... ; with twelve etchings, by George Cruikshank, from drawings by an amateur; and the original tale whereon the German opera is founded.

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Creator:
Globus, Septimus
Date:
1824
Physical Description:
[4], 68 p., 12 leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer