Research Catalog
Scratches of a steel pen
- Title
- Scratches of a steel pen [graphic] / by John L. Roget.
- Author
- Roget, John Lewis, 1828-1908.
- Publication
- 1847.
Details
- Description
- 1 v. (ca. 90 drawings on 10 leaves : ink, some with watercolor); 23 x 29 cm.
- Summary
- A series of original drawings with legends on 8 numbered leaves, preceded by illustrated ms. t.p. (ms. list of contents on verso) and followed by illustrated "finis" leaf.
- Subjects
- Humorous pictures > Great Britain > 19th century
- Ink drawings > Great Britain > 19th century
- Drawings > Great Britain > 19th century
- Smoking in art
- Great Britain > Social life and customs > Caricatures and cartoons
- Supernatural > Caricatures and cartoons
- Facial expression > Caricatures and cartoons
- Senses and sensation > Caricatures and cartoons
- Genre/Form
- Drawings – Great Britain – 19th century.
- Ink drawings – Great Britain – 19th century.
- Humorous pictures – Great Britain – 19th century.
- Note
- Two figures on leaf 2 are smoking a cigarette and pipe.
- In marbled paper covers, with illustrated label on front cover.
- Contents
- The five senses -- London omnibuses -- Shakespeare's "Seven ages of man" modernized -- Involuntary contortions of the human face -- Recollections of "Richardson's" -- The ball-room -- Notions of the supernatural -- Regent Street.
- Call Number
- Arents 01-470
- OCLC
- NYPG01-F274
- Author
- Roget, John Lewis, 1828-1908. Artist
- Title
- Scratches of a steel pen [graphic] / by John L. Roget.
- Imprint
- 1847.
- Connect to:
- Research Call Number
- Arents 01-470