book; print; book-illustration

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book; print; book-illustration

Object Type: book; print; book-illustration
Museum number: 1865,1111.1618
Description: Reid 5052. An illustrated book with cloth binding entitled: "The Brownrigg Papers" by Douglas Jerrold, author of "The Life and Remains of Douglas Jerrold" etc. Lettered on the title-page, "With a coloured illustration by George Cruikshank." The publisher's details at the foot of the page: "London: John Camden Hotten, Piccadilly, 1860. The right of translation is reserved." With a single handcoloured etched illustration plate, "The Actress at the Duke's" (Reid 2633) representing Nokes the Comedian and his companion rescuting Betterton and Peggy Simpson in Drury Lane. 1860 Etched frontispiece illustration to a book in dark red, cloth binding
Producer name: Print made by: George Cruikshank; Published by: John Camden Hotten; Printed by: Savill and Edwards
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Production date: 1860
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials: paper; textile (Textile binding); cardboard (Cardboard binding)
Bibliographic references: Reid 1871 / A descriptive catalogue of the works of George Cruikshank (5052); Cohn 1924 / George Cruikshank, catalogue raisonné (452)
Location: Not on display
Condition: Some discolouration and brittleness due to age, some pages becoming loose in the binding.
Associated names: Associated with: Douglas Jerrold (Based on Douglas William Jerrold's sketches written under the name Henry Brownrigg); Associated with: William Blanchard Jerrold
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Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1865
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1865,1111.1618

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