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Comic alphabet

Title
Comic alphabet / designed, etched & published by George Cruikshank...
Author
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.
Publication
Pentonville,pc1836 [i.e. 1837]

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TextBy appointment only Spencer Coll. Eng. 1837Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308

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Description
24 col. plates.; 14cm. in case 27cm.
Subjects
Note
  • Cohn: Cruikshank, 189, ote. Reid: Cruikshank, 1805-1830, 4942.
  • Comprises 24 etchings, colored by hand (presumably printed on a single sheet, here cut in thirds and pasted together to form a strip, folded in acordion style and pasted to the front cover) and 2 etchings on the buff covers (cover-title and portrait of "Tilt, 86 Fleet Street" in his shop, with date "1837" in an advertisement on the wall).
  • In box of olive morocco, gilt, "made by Rivère & son, for Charles E. Lauriat C̕. Boston.
  • Boxed with the above.
Call Number
Spencer Coll. Eng. 1837
OCLC
131732064
Author
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.
Title
Comic alphabet / designed, etched & published by George Cruikshank...
Imprint
Pentonville,pc1836 [i.e. 1837]
Local Note
-- -- [Two original drawings, F and G] 2 plates.
Research Call Number
Spencer Coll. Eng. 1837
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