SUPPRESSED PLATES
AGENTS
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The title-page of the unwritten “Death in London”
SUPPRESSED PLATES
WOOD ENGRAVINGS, &c.
TOGETHER WITH OTHER CURIOSITIES GERMANE THERETO
BEING
AN ACCOUNT OF CERTAIN MATTERS
PECULIARLY ALLURING TO
THE COLLECTOR
BY
GEORGE SOMES LAYARD
LONDON
ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK
1907
Published November 1907
I DEDICATE THIS BOOK
TO
MY TWO BOYS
JOHN AND PETER
WHO
I SINCERELY HOPE, WILL NOT HAVE SO MANY
USELESS HOBBIES
AS
THEIR AFFECTIONATE
FATHER
- CONTENTS
- 1. INTRODUCTORY … [1]
- 2. “THE MARQUIS OF STEYNE” … [7]
- 3. THE SUPPRESSED PORTRAIT OF DICKENS, “PICKWICK,” “THE BATTLE OF LIFE,” AND “GRIMALDI” … [26]
- 4. DICKENS CANCELLED PLATES: “OLIVER TWIST,” “MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT,” “THE STRANGE GENTLEMAN,” “PICTURES FROM ITALY,” AND “SKETCHES BY BOZ” … [43]
- 5. ON SOME FURTHER SUPPRESSED PLATES, ETCHINGS, AND WOOD ENGRAVINGS BY GEORGE CRUIKSHANK … [59]
- 6. HOGARTH’S “ENTHUSIASM DELINEATED,” “THE MAN OF TASTE,” AND “DON QUIXOTE” … [82]
- 7. CANCELLED DESIGNS FOR “PUNCH” AND “ONCE a WEEK” BY CHARLES KEENE AND FREDERICK SANDYS … [127]
- 8. MISCELLANEOUS … [149]
- 9. THE SUPPRESSED OMAR KHAYYAM ETCHING … [179]
- 10. ADAPTED OR PALIMPSEST PLATES … [192]
- 11. ADAPTED OR PALIMPSEST PLATES (continued) … [226]