Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Butler, William Allen, 1825-1902
Title:
Nothing to wear : a poem of transatlantic origins : now especially edited for the ladies of England : with twelve illustrations.
Published / Created:
London : Rock, Brothers, and Payne, 11, Walbrook, 1859.
Physical Description:
[4], 23, [1] p., [11] leaves of plates : ill. ; 15 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
PS1235.B5 N68 1859
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Attributed to William Allen Butler. Cf. Halkett & Laing.

Engravings by Thomas Onwhyn.

Added engraved t.p. dated Nov. 30th, 1858.

Printed by J. Unwin, Bucklesbury, London.

Halkett, S. Dictionary of anonymous and pseudonymous English literature (1926-62 edition), v. 4, p. 205

Publisher's advertisement, [1] p. at end.

BAC: British Art Center copy bound in original quarter blue cloth and illustrated orange boards.
Subject Terms:
Clothing and dress -- Caricatures and cartoon. | Fashion -- Great Britain. | English wit and humor, Pictorial. | Satire, English. | Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. | Rock, Brothers, and Payne -- Publisher. | Unwin, J. -- Printer. | Etching -- Specimens -- 1859.
Contributors:
Onwhyn, Thomas, 1814–1886, engraver.