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The progress of a midshipman [print] : exemplified in the career of Master Blockhead, in seven plates & frontispiece.

Accession number
PML 146731.3
Creator
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.
Published
London : Published by Thos. McLean, 1835.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Title from title plate, numbered "Plate 8".
8 aquatints (including title plate) by George Cruikshank after designs by Captain Marryat.
Plates signed with Marryat's anchor mark and "G Cruikshank sculp"; with imprint, "Pubd by Thos McLean-26 Haymarket Augt 1st 1835".
Plates 1-7 have caption titles and quotes by various authors, including Falconer, Byron, and Shakespeare.
The 3rd state, published by T. McLean; 1st and 2nd states issued by G. Humphrey in 1820 and 1821. Cf. Cohn, et al.
Description
8 prints : aquatints ; 40 cm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Light brown morocco tooled in gilt
Classification
Department