A memoir of George Cruikshank / by Frederic G. Stephens ; and an Essay on the genius of George Cruikshank by William Makepeace Thackeray.
Published / Created:
London : Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1891.
Physical Description:
xii, 144 p. : ill., port. ; 19 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsNC242.C78 S74 1891Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
With a frontispiece portrait of George Cruikshank, after Frank Stone.Includes wood-engraved reproductions of illustrations by Cruikshank.Printed by Richard Clay & Sons, Limited, London."An essay on the genius of George Cruikshank", reprinted from 'the Westminster review' of June 1840.Chronological list of the principal books illustrated by George Cruikshank: p. 132-142.Includes index.BAC: British Art Center copy bound in publisher's black-stamped brown cloth. Title on cover: The great artists.
Subject Terms:
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878. | Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878 -- Bibliography. | Artists -- Great Britain -- Biography. | Caricatures and cartoons -- Great Britain. | Cartoonists -- England -- Biography. | Illustration of books -- Great Britain. | Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington -- Publisher. | Richard Clay & Sons -- Printer. | Scheuer, Gloria -- Provenance.
Form/Genre:
Wood engravings -- 1891.
Contributors:
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811–1863. Essay on the genius of George Cruikshank. | Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878, ill. | Stone, Frank, 1800–1859, ill.