Folio. [111]ff. Nineteenth century gilt-tooled half hard grained green morocco, cloth boards. Rubbed to extremities, chipping at head and foot of spine, bumping to corners, paper label over gilt tooled lettering to spine (chipped). A handful of stubs suggest some removals, all in one section. The recto of each leaf of this scrap-book is filled, with between one and six examples of Cruikshank's work pasted down. Occasional trimming, some spotting/browning, but largely presenting well.

A handsome collection of the varied and extensive work of English engraver and caricaturist George Cruikshank (1792-1878), evidently assembled in the nineteenth-century.

Included amongst the extensive contents are:

Three Laurie & Whittle song-sheets, each featuring large engraved head- pieces:

'The Mulberry-Tree'. Published 1st March 1808, By Laurie and Whittle
'Kitty of Colerain'. Published Apr. 4th, 1809, By Laurie and Whittle
'Irish Hospitality'. Published 20th October, 1815, By Whittle and Laurie

Cruikshank's collaboration with William Hone: 'The Queen's Matrimonial Ladder'

A series of proof strikes from engravings used in J.Y. Akerman's Tales of Other Days (London, 1830), including the title vignette.

Etchings after Crowquill's 'Indigestion' and 'Jealousy'

The hand-coloured etching 'A View near Uxbridge'. G. Humphrey, 1823