Lot 453
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[Rowlandson, Thomas]
Books, Maps, Photographs & Manuscripts
Auction: 12 July 2005 at 13:00 BST
Description
A collection of c.180 etchings, engravings and lithographs by Thomas Rowlandson, George Cruikshank, H. Heath, Seymour and others, 97 hand-coloured, including W.H.E. Koorb. John Bull and the Cossacks in London, Satirist, 1st May 1813; H. Bunbury. The Propagation of a Lie; Cruikshank, G. The Blue Devils!, 1835, mounted on thick paper, a few double-page, red half morocco, spines gilt, g.e., 2 volumes, 4to
Footnote
Provenance: James Rankine C.A., sale of his library, Edinburgh, 24 March 1919, pencil inscription
Note: The plates include The Dancing Lesson, plates 1-4, and "Lord Bateman" etchings numbers 1-11, by George Cruikshank, some of London street-traders by Rowlandson, cut close or trimmed, including All Hot, Hot-Cross Bunns, Drayman and A Peep at the Comet and several by Rowlandson of the adventures of Qui Hi.