Second series: Sketches by Boz ; Seven dials – Vintage Print
![Second series: Sketches by Boz ; Seven dials, 1836 [publication date] — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/6d/6de94478c165-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: Second series: Sketches by Boz ; Seven dials, preserved in this historic print. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Second series: Sketches by Boz ; Seven dials
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Rather than a ballooning scene, this sheet holds two title-page designs for the second series of *Sketches by Boz*, Charles Dickens's collection of short pieces on London street life, published in 1836 by John Macrone. Both etchings, hand-colored in watercolor, are signed by George Cruikshank and carry Macrone's imprint. The catalog's subject tags name balloons, quarreling and women, which point to the crowded, comic scenes Cruikshank was asked to capture. The sheet's title, "Seven Dials," refers to the notoriously poor district of central London, and the pairing shows how illustrators framed Dickens's sketches for readers of the period.
| Created / published | 1836 [publication date] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 2 prints (1 sheet) : etching with watercolor on off-white wove paper ; 19.7 x 25.1 cm. (sheet) |
| Genre | Book illustrations British 1830-1840.Prints British Color 1830-1840.Title pages British 1830-1840. |
| Notes | Imp. Left-hand illustration: London / John Macrone. St. James's Square / 1836. Imp. right-hand illustration: London, John Macrone, 1836. No copyright information found with item. Signed in plate, lower center, left-hand illustration: George Cruikshank. Signed in plate, lower center, right-hand illustration: George Cruikshank. Titles inscribed in plates below images. Bequest and gift; Caroline and Erwin Swann; 1977; (DLC/PP-1977:215.631) Published as illustrations for: Sketches by Boz: Illustrative of Every-day Life, and Every-day People. The Second Series / by Charles Dickens. London: John Macrone, 1837. |
| Subjects | Balloons (Aircraft)--1830-1840. Quarreling--1830-1840. Women--1830-1840. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,701 × 3,751 px · prints to 16 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221005 |
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