The English spy : an original work, characteristic, satirical, and humorous : with coloured plates and elegant vignettes of scenes sketched from the life
- Title
- The English spy : an original work, characteristic, satirical, and humorous : with coloured plates and elegant vignettes of scenes sketched from the life / illustrated with numerous portraits of living characters, designed and etched by Cruikshank.
- Published by
- [London] : Sherwood, Jones and Co., [1824-1826]
- Author
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Status Available by appointment at Schwarzman Building - Arents Collection Room 328. Please for assistance. | Vol/datev. 2 | FormatText | AccessRestricted use | Call numberArents BIP (Westmacott, C. English 1825) 06-398 v. 2 | Item locationSchwarzman Building - Arents Collection Room 328 |
Status Available by appointment at Schwarzman Building - Arents Collection Room 328. Please for assistance. | Vol/datev. 1 | FormatText | AccessRestricted use | Call numberArents BIP (Westmacott, C. English 1825) 06-398 v. 1 | Item locationSchwarzman Building - Arents Collection Room 328 |
Status Available by appointment at Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328. | Vol/date | FormatText | AccessRestricted use | Call numberStuart 11511-11512 | Item locationSchwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328 |
Status Available by appointment at Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308. | Vol/date | FormatText | AccessBy appointment only | Call numberSpencer Coll. Eng. 1825-1826 (Westmacott, C.M. English spy) | Item locationSchwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308 |
Status Available by appointment at Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308. | Vol/date | FormatText | AccessPermit needed | Call numberMEM C956we | Item locationSchwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308 |
Status Available by appointment at Schwarzman Building - Arents Collection Room 328. Please for assistance. | Vol/date | FormatText | AccessRestricted use | Call numberArents S 0989 | Item locationSchwarzman Building - Arents Collection Room 328 |
Details
- Additional authors
- Publication date
- [Vol. 1], pt. 1-v. 2, pt. 24.
- Description
- 2 v. : ill. (some col.); 26 cm.
- Subject
- Call number
- MEM C956we (Westmacott, C.M. English spy)
- Note
- Title from covers.
- Volume title pages (dated 1825-1826) and other prelims. for binding in 2 v. issued with pt. 12 and pt. 24.
- Title on volume title pages: The English spy : an original work, characteristic, satirical, and humorous : comprising scenes and sketches in every rank of society, being portraits of the illustrious, eminent, eccentric, and notorious / drawn from the life by Bernard Blackmantle ; the illustrations designed by Robert Cruikshank.
- Portions in verse.
- Traditionally ascribed to C.M. Westmacott, but his authorship "cannot be decided with certainty"--Oxford DNB (WWW).
- Imprint varies. Pts. 17-24 and t.p. to v. 2 have imprint: London : Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper.
- Each vol. paged continuously. Vol. 1: xxiii, 417 p., [36] leaves of plates; v. 2: xv, 399 p., [36] leaves of plates.
- Illustrations: 71 prints : aquatint, hand-col. ; full-page. 67 designed, etched, aquatinted and colored by Robert Cruikshank; 2 designed by T. Rowlandson, 1 each by G.M. Brighty and T. Wageman. Dated in plate Mar. 1, 1824-Feb. 1, 1826 (no. [28] in v. 1 misdated "Augt. 2, 1284"). -- 74 prints : wood engraving ; full-page (1) or smaller (73). Engraved by G. Bonner, J. Thompson and others, after designs by R. Cruikshank, T. Rowlandson, J. Gilray and J. Thurston.
- Many ill. depict pipe-smokers, e.g., v. 1, plate facing p. 381; v. 2, ill., p. 349 and plate facing p. 386. Several references to tobacco in text, e.g., v. 2, p. 251: "Now, snuff and tobacco, the quid, the pinch, and the cigar ... "
- Issued in light brown paper covers with wood-engraved ill. (from plate no. [2], v. 1) on front cover. Prospectus and/or publisher's advertisements and notes on the ill. on p. [2-4] of covers; additional publisher's advertisements inserted in some issues.
- Also issued bound in 2 v.
- Indexed in (note)
- Tooley, R.V. Coloured plates (1978 ed.)
- Abbey, J.R. Life
- Waterloo dir. of English newspapers and periodicals
- Numbering (note)
- Issues 1-12 lack volume numbering.
- Additional formats (note)
- Also available as an e-book through the Posner Memorial Collection, Carnegie-Mellon University Libraries website.
- Provenance (note)
- Tilden Library 1895
- Lenox Library
- Binding (note)
- Binding, by Riviere & Son, of dark blue morocco, gilt.
- In original paper covers. Partly unopened.
- Binding, by Riviere and Son, of red straight-grained morocco, gilt. Sides tooled, with 3 fillets. Inside dentelles. Back tooled and lettered; panels mitred and cornered, with center tool.
- Author
- Westmacott, C. M. (Charles Molloy), 1787 or 1788-1868.
- Title
- The English spy : an original work, characteristic, satirical, and humorous : with coloured plates and elegant vignettes of scenes sketched from the life / illustrated with numerous portraits of living characters, designed and etched by Cruikshank.
- Imprint
- [London] : Sherwood, Jones and Co., [1824-1826] (London : Thomas Davison)
- Current frequency
- Monthly
- Indexed in:
- Tooley, R.V. Coloured plates (1978 ed.), 504
- Abbey, J.R. Life, 325
- Waterloo dir. of English newspapers and periodicals, 7596
- Numbering
- Issues 1-12 lack volume numbering.
- Additional formats
- Also available as an e-book through the Posner Memorial Collection, Carnegie-Mellon University Libraries website.
- Provenance
- Tilden Library 1895 MEM
- Lenox Library Stuart
- Binding
- Copy in Arents S 0989: Binding, by Riviere & Son, of dark blue morocco, gilt.
- Copy in Arents BIP: In original paper covers. Partly unopened.
- Spencer Coll. copy: Binding, by Riviere and Son, of red straight-grained morocco, gilt. Sides tooled, with 3 fillets. Inside dentelles. Back tooled and lettered; panels mitred and cornered, with center tool.
- Local note
- Copy in MEM: Duyckinck Collection.
- Arents BIP Copy: Provenance: Lucius Wilmerding (bookplate).
- Spencer Coll. copy: Provenance: Bookplate of W.A. Spencer and armorial bookplate of Daniel Cooper.
- Source
- ARNBIP720
- Connect to:
- Added author
- Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856. Etcher
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827. Illustrator
- Brighty, G. M. Illustrator
- Wageman, Thomas Charles, approximately 1787-1863. Illustrator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815. Illustrator
- Thurston, John, 1774-1822. Illustrator
- Bonner, G. W. (George Wilmot), 1796-1836. Wood engraver
- Thompson, John, 1785-1866. Wood engraver
- Wilmerding, Lucius, 1880-1949. Former owner
- Duyckinck Collection.
- Continued by
- St. James's royal magazine, and monthly gazette of fashion
- LCCN
- 1500433
- Research call number
- MEM C956we (Westmacott, C.M. English spy)
- Arents S 0989
- Arents BIP (Westmacott, C. English 1825) 06-398
- Stuart 11511-11512
- Spencer Coll. Eng. 1825-1826 (Westmacott, C.M. English spy)