“WHAT TRUST CAN BE PLACED IN THE SINCERITY OF THE CZAR’S APPEAL WHEN FOLLOWED BY SUCH AGGRESSIVE & REPRESSIVE MEASURES!”
CRANE
(Walter, 1845-1915, Painter and Illustrator)
Autograph Letter Signed to Mr VOLKHOVSKY
(Feliks Vadimovich, 1846-1914, Ukrainian and Russian Revolutionary, Journalist and Writer) replying to his “letter with the resolution carried at the meeting of the Executive Committee of the Society of Friends of Russian Freedom. I can only say that I entirely sympathise with the terms of that resolution, as I think it most deplorable at the moment of the Czar’s appeal for peace and disarmament that the Finnish people should be deprived of their political liberties, & placed under the military authority of the Russian government. What trust can be placed in the sincerity of the Czar’s appeal when followed by such aggressive & repressive measures?...”, 2 sides 8vo., 13 Holland St, Kensington crossed out and a note at the top of the letter in another hand “Baking up our Resolution”, 26th March
Item Date:
1899
Stock No:
43166
£375
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[CROWQUILL
(Alfred, 1805-1872, Pseudonym of A. Forrester, Humourist and Illustrator)]
The Front Cover Illustration for his book “How he Reigned and How He Mizzled”
showing a fierce looking train with the title ‘A Railway Raillery’ on the funnel, 9” x 6”, printed by J. Harwood, London,
Item Date:
1849
Stock No:
43153
£75
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CRUIKSHANK
(George, 1792-1878, Artist & Caricaturist, Illustrator of Dickens)
Enormous signature, with the date
addressed to “William Baldwin Esq” on 1 side oblong 8vo., 27th October
Item Date:
1875
Stock No:
42626
£225
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CRUIKSHANK
(George, 1792-1878, Caricaturist & Illustrator)
Autograph Letter Signed to Messrs Simmons & Bottor
saying that "with reference to the title page of 'Puss in Boots' of Stereotype it may stand as it is for this Edition - if not then merely put the name of A or 'Alfred Arnold ...", 1 side 8vo., no place, 10th May
Item Date:
1875
Stock No:
40939
£150
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LETTER WITH ORIGINAL SKETCHES
CRUIKSHANK
(George, 1792-1878, Caricaturist & Illustrator)
Draft Autograph Letter, Unsigned
to 'Sir', ending unfinished on Side 1, followed on Side 2 by a list of things to do and people to contact, Cruikshank apologises that "your letter of the 25th of last month came to hand ... my hands were so full ... all I could do was to read it and lay it upon the table with many others ...", followed by faint pencil, he continues in ink "which although good feeling exists on the part of all parties - it requires ... to have cemented those bonds of union & friendship between [members] of the different classes of society - & which I believe only require a proper confidence to carry into effect", this suggests that the letter concerns one of the humanitarian causes he was increasingly involved in, chiefly the temperance movement, which is reinforced on Side 2 by such names as Cobden and in particular Dickens, with whom he had had such a close relation as his most famous illustrator, but, as a 'moderationist' as regards alcohol, was concerned that Cruikshank was overdoing total abstinence, other entries are "Steel plates / Etchings ground / British Gallery / ... Write to George / ... Coal / Boots / Umbrella ...", and, not least, Uncle Toms [Cabin] which had created a furore in America this present year, and which Cruikshank illustrated for Cassell's, one of many competing editions in the UK, finally in pencil he writes 'History of a Leaf', and MAG in large decorative capital letters, 2 sides tall 8vo., 48 Mornington Place (later 263 Hampstead Road, N.W.1), 27th November
Item Date:
1852
Stock No:
55779
£350
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