George Cruikshank
1792-1878
Design for the frontispiece to "The Yorkshireman", I, 1833
1833
10 7/8 x 6 5/8 inches (277 x 169 mm)
Graphite pencil on paper.
1975.23
Gift of Dr. Hans G. Hesslein.
Notes
Watermark: none visible through lining.
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed by the artist at lower center in pen and black ink, "George Cruikshank"; inscribed in pencil by the artist, "THE YORKSHIREMAN, / A / RELIGIOUS and LITERARY / JOURNAL, / IN FIVE VOLUMES. / BY / A FRIEND, / THE EDITOR, / LUKE HOWARD ESQUIRE, F.R.S.U.(?)G.(?) / Pro Patria"; beneath in pencil and script, "Longman & Co. Henry L. Darton".
Associated names
Hesslein, Hans G., 1903-1979, former owner.
Bibliography
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Eighteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1975-1977. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978, p. 260.
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