Author:
Jerrold, Blanchard, 1826-1884, author.
Edition Statement:New edition.
Imprint[Whitefish, Montana] : Literary Licensing, [2014]
Descriptionxvi, 392 pages, 25 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Note:Reprint. Originally published: London : Chatto & Windus, 1883.
Note:Includes index.
Note:Epoch I. 1792-1847 -- Two epochs -- From Cranach to Cruikshank -- Cruikshank's early days -- Cruikshank as a political caricaturist -- "Life in London", "Life in Paris", "Points of humour", etc. -- Hand-to-mouth work -- "Three courses and a dessert" -- "Sketches by Boz", "Oliver Twist", and "The life of Grimaldi" -- Illustrations to Harrison Ainsworth's romances -- "The omnibus" -- "The comic almanack" -- "Lord Bateman" and "The table book" -- Cruikshank described by his friends -- Epoch II. 1848-1878 -- At Gillray's grave -- "The bottle" -- George Cruikshank as a teetotaler -- "The triumph of Bacchus" -- "Frauds on the fairies" and "Whole hogs" -- "A slice of bread and butter" -- Cruikshank's last twenty years -- The end -- Appendix I. List of the principal works illustrated by George Cruikshank -- Appendix II. Cruikshank's description of "The worship of Bacchus".
