Accession number
PML 86834
Published
Banbury: : Printed by J.G. Rusher., [ca. 1840?]
Credit line
Gift; Julia P. Wightman; 1991.
Notes
Caption title: Sir Richard Whittington, and his cat.
For remarks on dating, etc. see Brown University collection record under title "Chapbooks published by J.G. Rusher of Banbury, England". Pearson suggests "about 1814", Osborne Coll. "ca. 1820", and British Museum (both copies) "1840?". RPB
The six principal illustrations, all roughly square in a frame, are included in Pearson, according to whom they were "designed by [George] Cruikshank, and engraved by Branstone [i.e. A.R. Branston]"; there are four other engravings, one of them, depicting a rat, signed "Fry".
Unopened.
For remarks on dating, etc. see Brown University collection record under title "Chapbooks published by J.G. Rusher of Banbury, England". Pearson suggests "about 1814", Osborne Coll. "ca. 1820", and British Museum (both copies) "1840?". RPB
The six principal illustrations, all roughly square in a frame, are included in Pearson, according to whom they were "designed by [George] Cruikshank, and engraved by Branstone [i.e. A.R. Branston]"; there are four other engravings, one of them, depicting a rat, signed "Fry".
Unopened.
Description
15, [1] p. : ill. (wood engravings) ; 10 cm
Provenance
From the collection of Julia P. Wightman.
Binding
Not bound; in green case with other Banbury chapbooks.
Classification
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