Gallery of Comicalities; Embracing Humorous Sketches

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GEORGE CRUIKSHANK, Eminent Caricaturist , 1792-1879.
THE BROTHERS
ROBERT and GEORGE CRUIKSHANK ,

ROBERT SEYMOUR ,
AND OTHERS.
London: Charles Hindley, 41, Booksellers' Row, St. Clement Danes, Strand, w.c.
Most of the Comicalities here re-produced in fac simile first appeared in the columns of Bell's Life in London and Sporting Chronicle during the years 1827-8 and 9, and caused an unprecedented increase in the weekly sale of that journal.
As a painter of Life and Nature, in all their truth and eccentricity, George Cruikshank may be truly said to stand unrivalled, and to be only equalled, even in former times by the inimitable Hogarth. The present Series has been principally selected from Cruikshank's Illustrations of Time and Phrenology, and his Illustrations to Mr. Wright's Mornings at Bow Street and the sequel entitled More Mornings at Bow Street —works which are replete with wit and humour.
Robert Cruikshank, the elder brother of George Cruikshank, Illustrated many books, &c., including Pierce Egan's, The Finish to the Adventures of Tom, Jerry, and Logic, in their pursuits through Life in and out of London, 1827. Died March 13, 1856. Aged 65 years.