Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878
Title:
The bottle / by George Cruikshank.
Published / Created:
Philadelphia : Published by Geo. Gebbie, 730 Sansom St., [1871]
Physical Description:
[9] leaves, [9] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 30 x 45 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio A 2016 39
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Date of publication from text on leaf [1]: "... at the time of writing (1871) ..."

BAC: British Art Center copy bound in publisher's black half morocco and printed pink boards. In red cloth slip-case.

Includes eight lithographs by Cruikshank, each captioned with letterpress on the verso of the facing leaf. The title page is also lithographed.
Subject Terms:
Alcoholism -- Pictorial works. | Drinking customs -- Caricatures and cartoons. | Temperance -- Pictorial works.
Form/Genre:
Lithographs | Satires (Visual works) -- England -- 1871. | Caricatures
Contributors:
Gebbie, George, publisher.