Research Catalog

Title

Illustrations to Tower of London [graphic] / George Cruikshank.

Author

Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.

Publication

1840.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Ainsworth, William Harrison, 1805-1882.
• Riviere & Son. bnd

Description

1 album (40 etchings); 42 cm.

Summary

Proofs before letters of the ill. designed and etched by Cruikshank for: The Tower of London : a historical romance / by William Harrison Ainsworth. London : Richard Bentley, 1840.

Subject

Ainsworth, William Harrison, 1805-1882. > Illustrations

Genre/Form

• Book illustrations – Great Britain – 19th century.
• Etchings – Great Britain – 19th century.

Note

• Title from spine of album.
• Chine collé prints. Plate marks: 23 x 15 cm.; sheets 22 x 14 cm.; secondary supports 42 x 28 cm.
• Signed in medium: George Cruikshank.
• Binding: Half dark red morocco and marbled paper boards, gilt; binder's stamp "Bound by Riviere" on verso of upper binders blank.

Indexed In (note)

• Cohn, A.M. George Cruikshank, a catalogue raisonné
• Reid, G.W. George Cruikshank

Call Number

Arents BIP+ (Ainsworth, W. Tower of London) AL 04-62

OCLC

NYPG04-F103

Author

Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878. Artist

Title

Illustrations to Tower of London [graphic] / George Cruikshank.

Imprint

1840.

Indexed In:

Cohn, A.M. George Cruikshank, a catalogue raisonné, 14

Reid, G.W. George Cruikshank, 2072-2094; 2096-2112

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Added Author

Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878. Etcher

Ainsworth, William Harrison, 1805-1882. Tower of London.

Riviere & Son. Binder

Research Call Number

Arents BIP+ (Ainsworth, W. Tower of London) AL 04-62