AN ESSAY ON THE GENIUS OF GEORGE CRUIKSHANK.
Reading edition
By “Theta” (William Makepeace Thackeray), with all the original woodcut illustrations, a new portrait of Cruikshank, etched by Pailthorpe, and a prefatory note on Thackeray as an Art Critic, by W. E. Church.
“Thackeray’s essay ‘On the Genius of George Cruikshank,’ reprinted from the Westminster Review, is a piece of work well calculated to drive a critic of these days to despair. How inimitable is its touch! At once familiar and elegant, serious and humorous, enthusiastically appreciative, and yet just and clear-sighted; but, above all, what the French call personnel. It is not the impersonnel reviewer who is going through his paces ... it is Thackeray talking to us as few can talk—talking with apparent carelessness, even ramblingly, but never losing the thread of his discourse or saying a word too much, nor ever missing a point which may help to elucidate his subject or enhance the charm of his essay.... Mr. W. E. Church’s prefatory note on ‘Thackeray as an Art Critic’ is interesting and carefully compiled.”—Westminster Review.
“As the original copy of the Westminster is now excessively rare, this re-issue will, no doubt, be welcomed by collectors.”—Birmingham Daily Mail.
“The new portrait of Cruikshank by F. W. Pailthorpe is a clear, firm etching.”—The Artist.
Printed on hand-made paper and bound in vellum, crown 8vo., price 6s.
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