Life in London, or, The day and night scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq. and his elegant friend Corinthia Tom, accompanied by Bob Logic, the Oxonian, in their rambles and sprees through the metropolis / by Pierce Egan, author of Walks through Bath, Sporting anecdotes, Pictures of the Fancy, Boxiana, &c. ; dedicated to His Most Gracious Majesty King George the Fourth ; embellished with thirty-six scenes from real life, designed and etched by I. R. & G. Cruikshank ; and enriched also with numerous original designs on wood, by the same artists.
Alternate Title(s):
Life in London
Published / Created:
London : Printed for Sherwood, Neely and Jones, Paternoster-Row, 1821.
Physical Description:
xvi, 376, [10] p., [39] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsPR4649.E45 L54 1821 Copy 1Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionRare Books and ManuscriptsPR4649.E45 L54 1821 Copy 2Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionRare Books and ManuscriptsPR4649.E45 L54 1821 Copy 3Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionRare Books and ManuscriptsPR4649.E45 L54 1821 Copy 4Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
"Life in London. A new song by Pierce Egan, set to music by A. Voigt" : 3 folded leaves following p. 118.Printed by Marchant, Ingram-Court, Fenchurch Street.Tooley, R.V. English books with coloured plates, 1790-1860, 196 Cohn, A.M. George Cruikshank: a catalogue raisonné, 262Fairman, Elisabeth R. Pleasures and pastimes, 12, 281, 283Abbey, J.R. Life in England in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 281 BAC: British Art Center has four copies. Copy 1 is the Abbey copy; bound in gilt-tooled red morocco, with gilt edges. Includes at end a note "to the subscribers," [2] p., and publisher's advertisements, [8] p. Copy 2 is in 12 monthly parts bound in original brown printed paper wrappers. at head cover title: Dedicated to the King. No. [ ] of an original work, entitled Life in London; of, the day and night scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq. and his elegant friend, Corinthian Tom, in their rambles and spress through the metropolis. By Pierce Egan, author of "Sporting anecdotes," &c. Copy 3 bound in publisher's original illustrated boards. Copy 4 is also in 12 monthly parts. Original printed wrappers, as issued. Has the unnumbered leaf "To the Subscribers" tipped in beginning of no. V.
Exhibition History:
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
Subject Terms:
London (England) -- Social life and customs. | Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. | Sherwood, Neely and Jones -- Publisher. | Marchand -- Printer.