1881 George Cruikshank Comic ART Almanack Caricature Thackeray Illustrated Humor

1881 George Cruikshank Comic ART Almanack Caricature Thackeray Illustrated Humor

George Cruikshank was one of England’s best and most notable 19^th-century caricaturists and book illustrators.

The ‘Comic Almanack’ is a collection of 19^th-century tales and poems etched by George Cruikshank. This work includes the works of famed authors such as Thackeray, Albert Smith, the Brothers Mayhew, Robert Brough and Gilbert A’Beckett.

“In 1835 Cruikshank issued the first number of the ‘Comic Almanack,’ with a dozen ‘right merrie’ cuts (etchings) ‘pertaining to the months’ by himself, and a few minor embellishments. Sometimes the letterpress was supplied by distinguished contributors. To the issue for 1839 Thackeray contributed ‘Stubb’s Calendar, or the Fatal Boots,’ to be followed in 1840 by ‘Barber Cox, and the Cutting of his Comb,’ afterwards called ‘Cox’s Diary.’” (DNB).

This undated edition contains hundreds of illustrations, many of which are folding.

Item number: #30642

Price: $599

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Comic almanack … containing merry tales, humorous poetry, quips, & oddities

London, Chatto and Windus, [ca.1881-84].

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 volumes
  • 1st series (1835-1843) – [4], 388, 32
  • 2nd series (1844-1853) – [6], 428, 40
  • Heavily illustrated throughout
• Provenance: Handwritten – Oliver N. Chaffee Jr., 1900
  • Oliver Newberry Chaffee Jr. (1881–1944) was an American Modernist painter and printmaker. Chaffee’s early paintings were impressionistic, but after he studied the work of Paul Cezanne, Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gauguin, and Picasso, his own work evolved into abstraction. His work was part of the 1913 Armory Show, the first American modern art exhibit in New York City.
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover; secure
  • Green cloth
• Size: ~7.75in X 5.5in (19.5cm x 14cm)

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