Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
On Guard: a pencil sketch of George Cruikshank Palford as a little boy
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Manuscripts
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
A collection of letters and ephemera related to George Cruikshank. The correspondence includes letters to and from Cruikshank and deal with his work as an illustrator and author, as well as his social life and friendships. Correspondents in the collection include William Harrison Ainsworth, William Cox Bennett, Richard Bentley, Laman Blanchard, John Forster, Catherine Grace Frances Gore, and Crawford J. Pocock. Many of the letters contain sketches and drawings by Cruikshank, either as doodles or examples of proposed illustrations. The ephemera includes two clipped signatures, a signed printed portrait of Cruikshank, and printed illustrations by Cruikshank from various publications.
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Manuscripts
A collection of letters and ephemera related to George Cruikshank. The correspondence includes letters to and from Cruikshank and deal with his work as an illustrator and author, as well as his social life and friendships. Correspondents in the collection include William Harrison Ainsworth, William Cox Bennett, Richard Bentley, Laman Blanchard, John Forster, Catherine Grace Frances Gore, and Crawford J. Pocock. Many of the letters contain sketches and drawings by Cruikshank, either as doodles or examples of proposed illustrations. The ephemera includes two clipped signatures, a signed printed portrait of Cruikshank, and printed illustrations by Cruikshank from various publications.
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Manuscripts
The collection contains seventy-one letters addressed to George Cruikshank or his wife, Eliza Cruikshank. Most of the correspondence is concerned with Cruikshank's participation in the Temperance movement and many are requests for his presence at temperance society meetings. Some letters concern Cruikshank's art as well as his, and Eliza's, personal life. Correspondents include William Henry Merle, Charles Rogers, John Sheringham, H.E. Taylor and John Drayton Wyatt.
mssHM 41191-41261
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The collection contains seventy-one letters addressed to George Cruikshank or his wife, Eliza Cruikshank. Most of the correspondence is concerned with Cruikshank's participation in the Temperance movement and many are requests for his presence at temperance society meetings. Some letters concern Cruikshank's art as well as his, and Eliza's, personal life. Correspondents include William Henry Merle, Charles Rogers, John Sheringham, H.E. Taylor and John Drayton Wyatt.
mssHM 41191-41261
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An autograph manuscript by Richard Harris Barham. The volume also contains other manuscripts, engravings, and letters; with the bookplate of Frederick Locker. The volume also contains a letter from Barham to My dear Madam (mssHM 14391); a motto in the handwriting of Barham (mssHM 14392); The Lay of St. Medard, with a copy of a letter from George Bentley (mssHM 14393); George Cruikshank's rough pencil sketch for the Legend of St. Mendard (mssHM 14394); an autograph letter by George Cruikshank to Frederick Locker (mssHM 14395); and two printed engravings of Barham by Richard Bentley.
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On verso of note is a letter requesting payment of an account, September 4, 1874
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