Rowlandson the caricaturist : a selection from his works, with anecdotal descriptions of his famous caricatures and a sketch of his life, times, and contemporaries / by Joseph Grego ; with about four hundred illustrations: volume II
1880, First Edition. London : Chatto and Windus. Worn copy bound in quarter leather over cloth boards with a gilt title to the spine. Wear and tear as with age with the spine and front board loosely attached. Remains well preserved overall; bright and clean. Item #338694
Physical description; vol. 2 (only): 454 pages : illustrations, portrait ; 29 cm. Notes; Title vignettes. Includes index. "Chronological summary of subjects, social and political caricatures, engraved by or after Thomas Rowlandson. With his contributions to book illustration in the order of publication": v. 2, p. [387]-408. "With about four hundred illustrations" - T.p. Lists of drawings by Rowlandson: v. 2, p. 412-431. Title vignettes. Includes index. Contents; v. 2: 1800-1825. 1800 -- 1801 -- 1802 -- 1803 -- 1804 -- 1805 -- 1806 -- 1807 -- 1808 -- 1809 -- 1810 -- 1811 -- 1812 -- 1813 -- 1814 -- 1815 -- 1816 -- 1817 -- 1818 -- 1819 -- 1820 -- 1821 -- 1822 -- 1823 -- 1824 -- 1825 -- 1831 -- Summaries: Chronological summary of subjects, social and political caricatures, engraved by or after Thomas Rowlandson, with his contributions to book illustration in the order of publication ; Addendum to the chronological summary of Rowlandson's published caricatures -- Appendix: Additional sources of reference upon Rowlandson's caricatures. Subjects; Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827). Rowlandson, Thomas (English caricaturist and watercolorist, born 1756 or 1757, died 1827). English wit and humor, Pictorial. Caricatures and cartoons. Medicine and art. Caricatures and cartoons England. Satirists, English. Caricatures and cartoons Great Britain. English wit and humor, Pictorial. Watercolourists, British 18th century ; Biography. Watercolourists, British 19th century ; Biography. Great Britain History George III, (1760-1820). Genres; Bibliography. Biography. Engravings - England - 19th century. Extra-illustrated copies (Provenance) - England - 19th century. Illustrated.
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