Dates from wrappers., Engraved color t.p., Illustrations hand-colored., and Wrapper title: Picturesque views of American scenery / engraved by Hill from drawings by Joshua Shaw, landscape painter.
"A large sheet ... on one side of which are printed 40 wood-engraved portraits of the characters from The Pickwick papers. At the foot of each picture are four lines of humorous verse. Buyers of this one-penny sheet obviously were able to cut it apart and assemble a deck of 40 prints of playing-card size"--Podeschi.
"Proofs on India paper of the original wood-engravings [for The battle of life]. These 13 prints, one for every illustration in the novel, are the work of four artists (Daniel Maclise, Richard Doyle, Clarkson Stanfield, and John Leech) and five wood-engravers (John Thompson, George Dalziel, T. Williams, Edward Dalziel, and W.T. Green)"--Podeschi., Thirteen plate proofs. Without titles., and Title from proof for engraved t.p.
Publisher:
Bradbury & Evans,
Subject (Name):
Dickens, Charles,--1812-1870.--Battle of life., Dickens, Charles,--1812-1870--Illustrations., Doyle, Richard, 1824-1883., Leech, John, 1817-1864., Maclise, Daniel, 1806-1870., and Stanfield, Clarkson, 1793-1867.
The political and humourous works of Thomas Rowlandson, 1774-1825
Container / Volume:
Vol. 1 (Box 1 of 2) | Folder I-1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
"An uncouth footman (left) in livery stands in the door of a corner house, taking a tankard from a pot-boy, while he answers an elderly and hungry-looking visitor, who leans towards him with an angry and sceptical stare. Across the street is an old-fashioned building with a swinging lantern in a shade ...; two stout elderly men approach the door of this cheap cook-shop ..."--British Museum online catalogue, description of the print for which this is likely the original drawing.
Alternative Title:
Disappointed dinner hunter and Dissapointed dinner hunter
Description:
Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 374., From a collection in fourteen volumes compiled by Francis Harvey and dispersed at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. Sold at Sotheby, London, 12 March 1919. Bequest of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss to Yale University Library, 1981. Bound by Riviere & Son in three-quarters red morocco with gold tooling and gold lettering on spine., Probably the original drawing for a print published in 1823 with the title: Not at home, or, A disappointed dinner hunter. Cf. No. 14629 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10., Signed and dated by the artist in ink., and Title from note in artist's hand at bottom of sheet.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Riviere & Son Binding.