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Creator:
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
Title(s):
Scraps and sketches / by George Cruikshank.
Published/Created:
London : Published by the artist ... and sold by James Robins and Co., 1828-32.
Physical Description:
4 pt.. in 1 v., [24] leaves of plates : ill. ; 28 x 37 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio A N 181 Copy 1
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio A N 181 Copy 2
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Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio A N 181 Copy 3
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John E. Hankins
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Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio A N 181 Copy 4
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio A N 181 Copy 5
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Each plate includes multiple etched designs by Cruikshank.
Originally published in four parts, from 1828 to 1832, each part containing six plates. Cruikshank also published, in 1834, the first plate for "Part 5," but nothing more was published. See Cohn.
Cohn, A.M. George Cruikshank, 180
BAC: British Art Center has 5 copies. Copies 1-3 have original printed wrappers bound in. Copy 1 is complete, containing all 4 parts and 3 pages of advertisements (verso of t.p. and final leaf). T.p. of individual parts wanting. Illustrations are uncolored. Copy 2 is incomplete, containing only the first part (6 plates). Illustrations are uncolored. George Cruikshank's autograph and dedication to W.H. Merle on title page. Copy 4 lacks the part wrappers. Plates are hand-colored. Bound in later three-quarter red morocco and red cloth. Copy 5 bound in half calf and green cloth; rebacked. Colored illustrations. Has bound with it: Illustrations of time (London : Published by the artist, May 1, 1827); and, Phenological illustrations (London : G. Cruikshank, 1826).
BEIN 1971 Folio 593: 36 x 47 cm. India proofs, mounted. Imperfect: title-pages and original wrappers wanting.
Subject Terms:
Armstrong, Collin -- Bookplate (BEIN 1971 Folio 593)
Caricatures and cartoons -- Great Britain.
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878 -- Pres. inscr. to William Henry Merle
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878 -- Publisher.
Merle, William Henry -- Pres. inscr. from George Cruikshank
Robins (James) and Co. -- Publisher.
Satire, English.
Scheuer, Gloria -- Provenance.
Wit and humor, Pictorial.
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