Name: Auction: Cruikshank, Isaac, by or after The Prodigal Son
Brand: Lyon & Turnbull
Price: 504 GBP
Availability: OutOfStock

Head of Sale, Cathy Tait, is delighted to present our first Books &amp; Manuscripts auction of 2025, which took place on Wednesday 05 February in our historic saleroom in Edinburgh and online.Manuscript and archive material lead the way in the sale, with a signed letter by Mary I of England (Mary Tudor), a fascinating English Civil War medical text and an account of a voyage undertaken by the East India Company ship the “Swift”, a journey instrumental in the treatment and prevention of scurvy.Further highlights of the sale include an intriguing collection of detective and adventure novels from the golden age of mystery fiction, a near-complete collection of the output of the T.N. Foulis Press and an extremely rare 1915 copy of the Persian Gulf Pilot.Buyer's Guide:&nbsp;

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Four ink wash illustrations: Prodigal Son No.340 Plate 1, showing a family scene with the son leaving, a replacement image of a dog pasted onto the original; Prodigal Son No.340 Plate 2, showing the son drinking and fraternizing with women; Prodigal Son No.340 Plate 3, showing the son as destitute and sleeping under a tree surrounded by pigs; Prodigal Son No.340 Plate 4, showing the son's return to his father; each c. 32 x 24cm with the aforementioned titles and “I. Cruikshank's Delit. …” to the reverse of each image; possibly by, or after, Isaac Cruikshank, each laid down by one edge onto paper;&nbsp; with a selection of engraved and printed plates from George Cruikshank's “The Drunkard's Children”

Cruikshank, Isaac, by or after

The Prodigal Son

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