Joseph Grego’s 1903 volume brings together the watercolour versions George Cruikshank made of his famous book illustrations, printed with the complete texts they accompany: Charles Dickens’s Oliver Twist, a novel by William Harrison Ainsworth, and W. H. Maxwell’s history of the Irish rebellion of 1798. Grego’s introduction describes Cruikshank’s career and methods.
A handsome omnibus for admirers of Cruikshank and of Victorian illustrated books. Download the free EPUB.