All Resolutions
So they both got upon the top,
And after their disastrous falls,
At length in safety reach'd St. Paul's.
Artist
Illustration
- Subject:
- Narratives
- Technique:
- Etching
- Format:
- Landscape (wider)
- Source:
- University of California Libraries, the Internet Archive
Book
- Title:
- The dandy's perambulations
- Author(s):
- Anonymous
- Publisher:
- London: John Marshall, 1819
- Open Library:
- View record
Description
A full-up coach with passengers sitting on the roof moves away from the viewer as the coachman whips the horses.
The MARC record for this book attributes this series of illustrations to Isaac Robert Cruikshank, citing Gumuchian (the Parisian publisher?) as the only reference. Given that the same Gumuchian also mentions 1821 as the date of the first edition, whereas the book presented here bears 1819 as its publication date; given that the record describes these illustrations as wood engravings while we incline to believe they might well be etchings, we won’t be endorsing the Cruikshank attribution for the time being.
We welcome any comment that would offer reliable information about these illustrations and their creator.
Keywords: 1810s, 19th century, carriage, children's book, color, transportation
