Accession number
PML 195311
Creator
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.
Published
[1823-1826]
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 2009.
Notes
Dates from t.p. proofs.
Proofs of 22 individual etchings printed two-up on 11 leaves of India-paper mounted on heavier paper, comprising 20 full-page illustrations and 2 illustrated title page proofs from the 1823 and 1826 editions of Grimm's "German Popular Stories" (published by Baldwin and Robins, resp.), all signed with Cruikshank's name or initials.
"London : Published by C. Baldwyn," Newgate Street, 1823."--Proof of t.p. for v. 1.
"London : James Robins & Co. ; Dublin : Joseph Robins, Junr. & Co., MDCCCXXLI [1826]."--Proof of t.p. for v. 2.
Proofs of 22 individual etchings printed two-up on 11 leaves of India-paper mounted on heavier paper, comprising 20 full-page illustrations and 2 illustrated title page proofs from the 1823 and 1826 editions of Grimm's "German Popular Stories" (published by Baldwin and Robins, resp.), all signed with Cruikshank's name or initials.
"London : Published by C. Baldwyn," Newgate Street, 1823."--Proof of t.p. for v. 1.
"London : James Robins & Co. ; Dublin : Joseph Robins, Junr. & Co., MDCCCXXLI [1826]."--Proof of t.p. for v. 2.
Description
11 mounted sheets (22 etched plates) : chiefly ill. (etchings) ; 20 x 24 cm.
Provenance
Bookplates of Adrian W. Flühmann and Dr. Strähuber; purchased from Benoît Forgeot, 2009.
Binding
Brown morocco by Riviere & Son.
Classification
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