George (1842) Cruikshank

Lot 46: CRUIKSHANK, GEORGE. Original Drawings 1846

Name: CRUIKSHANK, GEORGE. Original Drawings 1846
Brand: Swann Auction Galleries
SKU: i3763g53qj

Est: $5,000 USD - $7,500 USDSold:

Swann Auction GalleriesNew York, NY, USApril 03, 2008

Item Overview

Description

CRUIKSHANK, GEORGE. Original Drawings 1846 [cover title]. 14 mounted original hand-colored drawings, various sizes, each signed in ink, many with remarques or vignettes in pencil and/or pen. Folio, full red crushed morocco, gilt lettering and turn-ins by the Booklovers Bindery; cloth slipcase; bookplate of George Seton Veitch. Np, 1846

Artist or Maker

George (1842) Cruikshank

Condition Report

All items are offered for sale subject to Swann Galleries'' standard terms and conditions of sale, which are published in our catalogues.

Notes

A lovely collection of detailed, finished drawings. Four images are mounted one to a page and the remaining ten are mounted two to a page. The first page bears two images on a single sheet titled Her Majesty''s Theatre 1846; Cruikshank did create separate images for theatre at this time including an "Admission Ticket to the Boxes" in 1848 in three states (Cohn 1195).

Auction Details

FINE BOOKS, INCLUDING POLAR EXPLORATION

Swann Auction Galleries

April 03, 2008, 10:30 AM EST

104 East 25th Street, New York, NY, 10010, US

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