Description
Santa Barbara Museum of Art [Published Date: 1978]. Softcover, 61 pp; black and white illustrations; 21 cm.
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Condition & notes
In very good condition. Red illustrated paper covers have light bumping and creasing to edges and light overall scuffing with a bit of the color scuffed off along edges. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. Foreword by Paul C. Mills; introductory essay by Richard Kubiak detailing his curatorial background and scholarly approach to Cruikshank. Includes detailed bibliographic descriptions of each print. Catalog published in conjunction with a traveling exhibition originating at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art (April 4 - May 7, 1978) and later shown at nine institutions. Cover image from Hard Times (No. 21). L.C. #78-55474. George Cruikshank (1792 - 1878) was a renowned British caricaturist and book illustrator whose satirical work defined early 19th-century visual commentary.