Sergeant Bell and his raree-show : embellished with wood cuts / by Cruikshanks [sic], Thompson, Williams, etc.
Alternate Title(s):
Peter Parley's works, Raree show
Published / Created:
London : Printed for Thomas Tegg, 1839.
Physical Description:
viii, 447, [1] p. : ill. ; 14 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Spine title on some publisher bindings: Peter Parley's works, Raree show.
Contents:
Exhibition I -- Crater of Mount Vesuvius -- Storm at sea -- The Epping hunt -- The Falls of Niagara -- The elephant hunt -- Exhibition II -- Mont Blanc -- The siege of Antwerp -- The giraffe hunt -- Mutiny on the Bounty -- Exhibition III -- An English farm-house -- The play-hour frolic in the school-room -- Assassination of Thomas à Becket -- Henry II on his pilgrimage -- The old House of Commons -- The House of Lords -- The Bank of England.
Subject Terms:
Carnivals -- Great Britain -- Juvenile fiction. | Toy theaters -- Juvenile fiction. | Amusements -- Great Britain -- 19th century. | Morris, Robert Henry -- Autograph. | Tegg, Thomas -- Publisher. | Whittingham, C. -- Printer. | Scheuer, Gloria -- Provenance.
Form/Genre:
Wood engravings -- 1839.
Contributors:
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870, attributed name. | Thompson, John, 1785-1866, engraver. | Williams, Thomas, b. ca. 1800, engraver. | Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, ill.