George Cruikshank papers concerning The recollections
Overview
Autograph manuscript of the recollections and related materials of the English artist and caricaturist George Cruikshank.
Dates
- Creation: 1876 and undated
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material.
Extent
1 linear feet (2 boxes)Also includes autograph manuscript notes for The recollections, letters by various correspondents concerning the publication of Cruikshank's memoirs, and autograph manuscript in an unidentified hand versions of Memoir of George Cruikshank by Sir Benjamin Ward Richardson.
Biographical / Historical
Cruikshank was an English artist and caricaturist.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
62M-155 and 62M-156. Purchased with the Amy Lowell fund; received: 1962 July.
- Title
- Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878. George Cruikshank papers concerning The recollections, 1876 and undated: Guide.
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou00811
Repository Details
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