book;
book-illustration;
print;
newspaper/periodical(a compilation of issues of a periodical)
- Museum number
- 1865,1111.1426-1568
- Description
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Reid 4989. "George Cruikshank's table-book." Humorous essays on miscellaneous subjects with a series of comic and imaginative illustrations. Comprised of 284 pages in green textile binding with a gold, figured design on the above and spine. Lettered on the front cover: "George Cruikshank's Table Book, edited by G.A.D Beckett" and on the spine: "George Cruikshank's Table Book 1845." Originally issued in monthly installments.
The illustration on the opening page is described by GW Reid as follows:
1. Reid 4056. "Design for the wrappers of the monthly parts." (G. Ck W.J. Linton.) The title introduced in a panel, which is richly ornamented with comic figures, and a representation of a family circle beneath. The family from grandfather to the little girl in frock and trousers are delighted with the text and illustrations of "The Table Book" with which each persona is supplied.
Lettered on the title page: "George Cruikshank's Table-Book. Edited by Gilbert Abbott à Beckett. Illustrated by George Cruikshank. London: Published at the Punch Office , 92 Fleet Street; and sold by all booksellers. MDCCCXLV.
1845
Letterpress book with illustrations in etching, wood engraving and glyphography. (Illustrations listed below)
2. Reid 2351. (Etching) "The triumph of Cupid- a reverie."
3. Reid 4058. (Wood engraving) "The triumph of Cupid."
4. Reid 4059. (Wood engraving) "The triumph of Cupid. Copy of an ancient seal in possession of the Bateman family."
5. Reid 4060. (Wood engraving) "Guy Greenhorn's wanderings. The meeting of the bells."
6. Reid 4061. (Wood engraving) "Guy Greenhorn's wanderings. The flight of literature."
7. Reid 4062. (Wood engraving) "Guy Greenhorn's wanderings. The towing path."
8. Reid 4063. (Wood engraving.) "Something about almanacks. Old Parr's beard." (Two cuts pp 6-7.)
9. Reid 4064. (Wood engraving.) "Christmas in the olden time. An ancient cup bearer."
10. Reid 4065. (Wood engraving.) "Washing houses for the poor. Poverty versus washing houses." (Two cuts pp 10-11.)
11. Reid 4066. (Wood engraving.) "The philosophy of cattle shows."
12. Reid 4067. (Wood engraving.) "The bubble of life."
13. Reid 4068. (Wood engraving.) "Cutting down an article.
14. Reid 4069. (Wood engraving.) "Christmas Waits. Initial letter T with a serpent entwined around it and looking over the top.
15. Reid 4070. (Wood engraving.) "Christmas waits. The band."
16. Reid 4071. (Wood engraving.) "Linked sweetness long drawn out."
17. Reid 4072. (Wood engraving.) "Fashions for January." (two cuts.)
18. Reid 4073. (Wood engraving.) "Fashions for January. The glass of fashion and the mould of form."
19. Reid 2352. (Etching) "Clairvoyance exemplified in six subjects."
20. Reid 2660. (Glyphograph.) "Practical Mesmerism" (1).
21. Reid 4074. (Wood engraving.) "The coastguard mesmerized."
22. Reid 4075. (Wood engraving.) "Practical Mesermism." (2)
23. Reid 2661. (Glyphograph) "Practical Mesmermism." (3)
24. Reid 4076. (Wood engraving.) "Leaves from a new edition of Lempriere. Æneas in the shades."
25. Reid 4077. (Wood engraving.) "Guy Greenhorn's wanderings."
26. Reid 2662. (Glyphograph) "Stage bandits."
27. Reid 4078. (Wood engraving.) "The stage seaman."
28. Reid 4079. (Wood engraving.) "Letters from a freshman at Cambridge. Fashions in the east."
29. Reid 4080. (Wood engraving.) "Alice Brompton."
30. Reid 4081. (Wood engraving.) "Initial Letter F to a frightful narrative."
31. Reid 4082. (Wood engraving.) "A frightful narrative. A small family."
32. Reid 4083. (Wood engraving.) "A frightful narrative domestic encumbrances."
33. Reid 2353. (Etching.) "The folly of crime."
34. Reid 4084. (Wood engraving.) "Leaves from a new edition of Lempriere."
35. Reid 4085. (Wood engraving.) "The stage lady's maid."
36. Reid 4086. (Wood engraving.) "Illustrations of the months January to June."
37. Reid 4087. (Wood engraving.) "Illustrations of the months July to December."
38. Reid 4088-91. (Wood engravings.) "Letter to the President."
39. Reid 4092. (Wood engraving.) "A scamper over the Serpentine."
40. Reid 4093. (Wood engraving.) "The music master abroad."
41. Reid 4094. (Wood engraving.) "Pig-tail and short-cut."
42. Reid 4095. (Wood engraving.) "Guy Greenhorn's wanderings. Poet's corner."
43. Reid 2354. (Etching.) "A young lady's vision of the London season."
44. Reid 4097.(Wood engraving.) "Separation. The lover and the magician."
45. Reid 4098. (Wood engraving.) "The stage countryman."
46. Reid 4099. (Wood engraving.) "To Rosalie. A cutting moral."
47. Reid 4100. (Wood engraving.) "Alice Brompton."
48.Reid 4101. (Wood engraving.) "Betty Morrison's pocket book." (1)
49. Reid 4102. (Wood engraving.) "Betty Morrison's pocket book." (2)
50. Reid 4104. (Wood engraving.) "A cold love letter."
51. Reid 4105. (Wood engraving.) "Notes taken during the late war in China." (1)
52. Reid 4106. (Wood engraving.) "Notes taken during the late war in China." (2)
53. Reid 2355. (Etching.) "The Demon of 1845. Premium par discount."
54. Reid 4107-10. (Wood engraving.) "The stage assassin."
55. Reid 4111-12. (Wood engravings.) "The puce-coloured carp."
56. Reid 4113. (Wood engraving.) "Alice Brompton."
57. Reid 4114. (Wood engraving.) "Leaves from a new edition of Lempriere."
58. Reid 4115. (Wood engraving.) "A few words about Betty Morrison's pocket book."
59. Reid 4116. (Wood engraving.) "A passage in the Polk-Oregon war."
60. Reid 2356. (Etching) "Heads of the table."
61. Reid 4117-4119 (Wood engravings) "A legend of the Rhine."
62. Reid 4120-21. (Wood engravings.) "A fabulous character."
63. Reid 4122. (Wood engraving.) "Afterwards Harlequin."
64. Reid 4123-4124. (Wood engraving.) The stage lover of the farce.
65 Reid 2357. (Etching.) "Social zoology."
66. Reid 4125. (Wood engraving) "Social zoology" (2)
67. Reid 4126-29. (Wood engraving) "A legend of the Rhine."
68. Reid 4130. (Wood engraving) "A lover's sacrifice."
69. Reid 4131. (Wood engraving) "Dissolving views."
70. Reid 4132. (Wood engraving) "The stage prince."
71. Reid 4133-4137. (Wood engraving) "The preservation of life."
72. Reid 2358. (Etching.) "Annual emigration of birds."
73. Reid 4138-9. (Wood engraving.) "A legend of the Rhine."
74. Reid 4140. (Wood engraving.) "The force of circumstances."
75. Reid 4141. (Wood engraving.) "The age of monsters."
76. Reid 4142. (Wood engraving.) "National songs and national characters."
77. Reid 4143. (Wood engraving.) "New termination to the history of Don Giovanni."
78. Reid 2359. (Etching.) "A very good man no doubt but a bad sailor."
79. Reid 4144-47. (Wood engraving.)"A mouthful of fresh air."
80. Reid 4148. (Wood engraving.) "A legend of the Rhine."
81. Reid 4149. (Wood engraving.) "The enthusiast in anatomy."
82. Reid 4150. (Wood engraving.) "How Robinson Crusoe should be read."
83. Reid 2664. (Etching) "I've dwelt in marble halls. A popular song from the chair.
84. Reid 2360. (Etching) "Return from a delightful trip on the continent. "Sic transit."
85. Reid 4151. (Wood engraving.) "An oddity from the Rhine."
86. Reid 4152. (Wood engraving.) "Never trust outward appearances."
87. Reid 4153. (Wood engraving.) "The hermit of Vauxhall."
88. Reid 4154. (Wood engraving.) "Poetical inventions."
89. Reid 4155-56. (Wood engravings.) "A legend of the Rhine."
90. Reid 4157. (Wood engraving.) "A visit to London in the Autumn of 1845."
91. Reid 4158. (Wood engraving.) "The unlucky question."
92. Reid 2361 (engraving). "Mr John Bull in a quandry."
93. Reid 2665.(glyphograph.) "Mr John Bull in Keeley's celebrated character of Willibald."
94. Reid 4159. (Wood engraving) "A Legend of the Rhine."
95. Reid 4160-4162.(Wood engraving.) "A hint to projectors."
96. Reid 4163. (Wood engraving.) "The old English gentleman in a new light."
97. Reid 4164. (Wood engraving.) "A husband's vengeance."
98. Reid 4165-67. (Wood engraving.) "Recreations in natural history."
99. Reid 2362. (Etching) "The railway dragon."
100. Reid 4168-69. (Wood engraving) "The natural history of panic."
101. Reid 4170. (Wood engraving.) "Railway deposits."
102. Reid 4171. (Wood engraving.) "A legend of the Rhine."
103. Reid 4172-77. "My opinions on umbrellas."
104. Reid 4178. "Jollipump on happiness."
- Dimensions
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Height: 238 millimetres (approx page height)
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Width: 155 millimetres (approx page width)
- Curator's comments
- According to AM Cohn (191) First issued in twelve monthly numbers, the first three of which have edges gilt. Subsequently published in cloth with a gilt design of the front and back covers. There is a plate list of the 12 steel etchings, 116 woodcuts and glyphographs. All the illustrations are by George Cruikshank.
GW Reid catalogues etchings, wood engravings and glyphographs seperately, therefore the catalogue numbers are not consecutive.
- Location
- Not on display
- Subjects
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humour
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society/human life
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self-portrait (Reid No. 2351.)
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cherub/cupid (Reid No 2351 and 4058.)
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costume/clothing (Reid Nos 4072-4073, 4079 and 2354)
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supernatural (Reid 2352 "Clairvoyance.")
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hypnotism (Reid Nos 2660, 4074, 4075, 2661)
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criminal/thief (Reid No 2353 "The Folly of Crime.")
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transport (Reid Nos 2355, 2361, 2362 and 4168 (Regarding railways/ trains.))
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mammal (See Reid Nos 2357, 4125, 4166 and 4167)
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bird (Reid No 2358)
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monster (See "The age of monsters" pp 178-179)
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nationality/peoples (See Reid No. 4142)
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sailor (See Reid Nos 2359, 4144)
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reading/writing (See Reid No. 4150)
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anatomy (See Reid No. 4149)
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boat/ship (Reid 2360)
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ghost (Reid 4154)
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ballooning (See Reid Nos 4160-4162)
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myth/legend (See the serialised story "A Legend of the Rhine." pp 119, 144 167, 193, 224, 241, 267.)
- Acquisition date
- 1865
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1865,1111.1426-1568
