eccentric excursions literary pictorial sketches de woodward george moutard cruikshank isaac (4 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Isaac Cruikshank 1756?-1811? (illustrateur). Superbly bound in full red leather by Riviere, gilt edge tooling, corners and edges lightly bumped and worn, the odd small mark. Spine, raised bands, decorative gilt tooling & title, front joint a little rubbed. Internally, hand coloured frontis dated 1817 published by Allen & Co, engraved decorative titlepage, (iv), (v), 6-217 pp, [1] pl list, printed by M Allen, London, 100 B&W plates on 99 leaves, of which plates 1, 2 & 3 folding, text block edges marbled, not dated but the plates are dated 1796-1817, turn ins in decorative gilt tooling, bookplate of Charles Tennant, The Glen, (1823-1906 Scottish businessman, industrialist and Liberal politician) to fpd, no other inscriptions, A lovely copy of a very desirable and scarce title, the first edition was published in 1797 with fewer plates, this edition was published c1816. Woodward, caricaturist and author, Of whose books, the first and most celebrated was Eccentric Excursions, plates engraved by Isaac Cruikshank after his designs. Woodward's text describes an idiosyncratic ramble round the country and reveals an engaging personality. At least seven other books followed, all broadly humorous and without literary distinction, of which An Olio of Good Breeding (1801) is perhaps the best. See ODNB for a full Bio. 0.

Etat : Good. 7.75 X 10 inches. Unbound sheet. Black and white etching. Good with dampstain on bottom, adhesive repair tape on back of print and marginal tears. Text lettered below reads: ?London Pub'd by Allen & West, 15 Paternoster Row December 3, 1796.?Print originally collected by Frederick Ruffner, founder of Gale research.

"A Study the Inhabitants of the Roundhouse and the Regular Attendants at the Police-Court" A Journey in Caricature through Early Nineteenth Century England WOODWARD. George Moutard. CRUIKSHANK, Isaac, illustrators. Eccentric Excursions, or, Literary & Pictorial Sketches of Countenance, Character & Country, in different parts of England & South Wales. Interspersed with Curious Anecdotes, Embellished with upwards of One Hundred Characteristic & Illustrative Prints. London: Allen & West, 1796. First edition. Quarto (10 1/4 x 8 inches; 261 x 203 mm.). [ii], [i], ii-iv, [i]-iv, 5-217, [1, list of plates] pp. Engraved title-page (included in pagination) Hand colored frontispiece and 100 hand-colored etched plates (on ninety-nine leaves) by Isaac Cruikshank after Woodward, including three folding plates (Plates 1, 2, and 3). First folding plate with small portion 92/8 x 2 inches) missing from fore-edge; second folding plate with neatly repaired marginal tear; third folding plate expertly repaired at folds and backed with linen. Plate 9 with small tape repair to verso of blank fore-edge; small inkstain on top blank margin of pp. 37/38 and following two plates. Some occasional light staining to text leaves only. Bound ca. 1820 in three quarter brown calf over marbled boards, ruled in gilt. Spine with five decoratively tooled in gilt raised bands, lettered in gilt in top panel. Early ink signature of Mary Austen on top blank corner of title-page. With the armorial bookplate of the noted collector Jacobus Cowan de Rosshall on front pastedown. Tip of spine chipped. Overall an excellent copy of this journey in caricature through early nineteenth century England. Aside from the aforementioned this is a very good example with the hand coloring rich and bright and far superior to the later editions. This satire, amongst Moutard's earliest work, enthusiastically depicts all types: high- and low-born, rural and urban, lawyers and peddlers, coaching scenes, misadventures on ice-skates, Oxford dons, gypsies, etc. "The first and most celebrated of Woodward's books. The text describes an idiosyncratic ramble around the counties of England and Wales." (Gordon, p. 15). George Moutard Woodward (1760?-1809) was "prolific and popular designer of social caricature much in the style of Banbury, etched chiefly by Thomas Rowlandson and Isaac Cruikshank.[his caricatures] display a wealth of imagination and insight into character.extremely entertaining" (DNB). "Another popular caricaturist of the day was George Moutard Woodward, commonly called 'Mustard George.' Woodward, according to his friend [Henry] Angelo, was the son of a land agent and spent his youth in a country town, where nothing was less known than everything pertaining to the arts. 'A caricaturist in a country town,' said Mustard George, 'like a bull in a china shop, cannot live without noise; so, having made a little noise in my native place, I persuaded my father to let me seek my fortune in town.' Thanks to a small allowance from his father, supplemented by his own earnings, George was able to enjoy life in his own Bohemian fashion, and ultimately took up his quarters at the 'Brown Bear,' Bow Street, where he was able to study the inhabitants of the roundhouse and the regular attendants at the police-court. At the 'Brown Bear' he died suddenly, departing in character with a glass of brandy in his hand, and was long mourned by his tavern associates. In his Eccentric Excursion[s], which appeared in volume form in 1796 (the designs engraved by Isaac Cruikshank), there are several domestic subjects, such as The Polite Congregation, Showing Family Pictures, and The Formal Introduction. Among other popular designs by Woodward are Raffling for a Coffin, The Club of Quidnuncs, Babes in the Wood, A Goldfinch and his Mistressand a series called Six Ways of Carrying a Stick. The majority are marred by extravagant hideousness, but Angelo was of opinion that 'had this low humourist studied drawing and been temperate in his habits, such was the fecundity of his imagination and perception of character that he might rivalled even Hogarth" (Paston, Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century, pp. 137-138). Gordon, BC-26; Widener 207; Not in Abbey or Tooley.

"A Study the Inhabitants of the Roundhouse and the Regular Attendants at the Police-Court" A Journey in Caricature through Early Nineteenth Century England WOODWARD. George Moutard. Eccentric Excursions, or, Literary & Pictorial Sketches of Countenance, Character & Country, in different parts of England & South Wales. Interspersed with Curious Anecdotes, Embellished with upwards of One Hundred Characteristic & Illustrative Prints. London: Allen & Co., 1807 [but ca. 1813]. Later issue (first published in 1796). Quarto (10 3/16 x 8 3/8 in; 259 x 213 mm.). iv, v, 6-217, [1, list of plates] pp. Engraved title-page (included in pagination) Hand colored frontispiece and 100 hand-colored etched plates (on ninety-nine leaves) by Isaac Cruikshank after Woodward, including three folding plates (Plates 1, 2, and 3). The text is watermarked "W. Balston 1813". Bound by Rivière & Son (stamp-signed on verso of front endpaper) ca. 1890. Full maroon morocco, covers with double-gilt borders, spine with five raised bands, decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments, gilt ruled board-edges, decorative gilt turn-ins, marbled end-papers, top edge gilt, others uncut. Occasional toning or foxing, a few leaves with neatly repaired or strengthened edges. Overall an excellent copy of this journey in caricature through early nineteenth century England. Originally published in 1796 with subsequent issues in 1797, 1798, 1799, 1801, 1807. 1814, 1815, 1816, 1818, Eccentric Excursions is quite rare in all yet, curiously, is rarer still in the later issues. This satire, amongst Moutard's earliest work, enthusiastically depicts all types: high- and low-born, rural and urban, lawyers and peddlers, coaching scenes, misadventures on ice-skates, Oxford dons, gypsies, etc. "The first and most celebrated of Woodward's books. The text describes an idiosyncratic ramble around the counties of England and Wales." (Gordon, p. 15). George Moutard Woodward (1760?-1809) was "prolific and popular designer of social caricature much in the style of Banbury, etched chiefly by Thomas Rowlandson and Isaac Cruikshank.[his caricatures] display a wealth of imagination and insight into character.extremely entertaining" (DNB). "Another popular caricaturist of the day was George Moutard Woodward, commonly called 'Mustard George.' Woodward, according to his friend [Henry] Angelo, was the son of a land agent and spent his youth in a country town, where nothing was less known than everything pertaining to the arts. 'A caricaturist in a country town,' said Mustard George, 'like a bull in a china shop, cannot live without noise; so, having made a little noise in my native place, I persuaded my father to let me seek my fortune in town.' Thanks to a small allowance from his father, supplemented by his own earnings, George was able to enjoy life in his own Bohemian fashion, and ultimately took up his quarters at the 'Brown Bear,' Bow Street, where he was able to study the inhabitants of the roundhouse and the regular attendants at the police-court. At the 'Brown Bear' he died suddenly, departing in character with a glass of brandy in his hand, and was long mourned by his tavern associates. In his Eccentric Excursion[s], which appeared in volume form in 1796 (the designs engraved by Isaac Cruikshank), there are several domestic subjects, such as The Polite Congregation, Showing Family Pictures, and The Formal Introduction. Among other popular designs by Woodward are Raffling for a Coffin, The Club of Quidnuncs, Babes in the Wood, A Goldfinch and his Mistressand a series called Six Ways of Carrying a Stick. The majority are marred by extravagant hideousness, but Angelo was of opinion that 'had this low humourist studied drawing and been temperate in his habits, such was the fecundity of his imagination and perception of character that he might rivalled even Hogarth" (Paston, Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century, pp. 137-138). Gordon, BC-26; Widener 207; Not in Abbey or Tooley.