Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
À Beckett, Gilbert Abbott, 1811-1856
Title:
The comic history of England / by Gilbert Abbott A'Beckett ; with ten coloured etchings, and one hundred and twenty woodcuts by John Leech.
Published / Created:
London : Published at the Punch Office, 85, Fleet Street MDCCCXLVII-MDCCCXLIX [1847-1848]

London : Bradbury and Evans, printers, Whitefriars, [1847-1848]
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Originally issued in parts: July 1846-February, 1848.
Subject Terms:
English wit and humor. | Great Britain -- History -- Anecdotes. | Great Britain -- History -- Humor. | Great Britain -- History -- Compendiums. | Punch Office -- Publisher.
Form/Genre:
Steel engravings -- Hand-colored -- 1847-1848. | Wood engravings -- 1847-1848.
Contributors:
Leech, John, 1817–1864, engraver. | Bradbury & Evans, printer.