book of prints; print

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Object Type: book of prints; print
Museum number: 2006,U.3979
Description: '400 pictures of Our People. Sketches from 'Punch' by Charles Keene' (London: Bradbury, Agnew & Co) n.d. [c. 1895]; containing 156 pages of sketches by Keene for the Punch magazine, each page with various humorous sketches separated by a thin red line, with title in red below the image and book title on top of the page. Together with table of contents, table and title-page printed in black and red; vignette with portrait of Keene on title-page. Bound in red leather with title and vignette at the front cover in gold, gold lettering at the spine, black endpapers and gilded edges; label of Cyril West Lupton pasted inside front cover. Wood-engraving
Producer name: After: Charles Keene; Published by: Bradbury & Co
School/style
Production date: 1895 (c)
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials
Technique: wood-engraving; letterpress (title-page and table of contents)
Dimensions: Height: 361 millimetres (approx. size of each sheet); Width: 255 millimetres
Curator's comments: Cataloguing supported by the Elizabeth Cayzer Charitable Trust
Location: Not on display
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Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1889
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 2006,U.3979

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