SUPPRESSED PLATES

AGENTS

AMERICA THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 64 & 66 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK

CANADA THE MACMILLAN COMPANY OF CANADA, LTD. 27 RICHMOND STREET WEST, TORONTO

INDIA MACMILLAN & COMPANY, LTD. MACMILLAN BUILDING, BOMBAY 309 BOW BAZAAR STREET, CALCUTTA

The title-page of the unwritten “Death in London”

SUPPRESSED PLATES

WOOD ENGRAVINGS, &c.

TOGETHER WITH OTHER CURIOSITIES GERMANE THERETO

BEING

AN ACCOUNT OF CERTAIN MATTERS

PECULIARLY ALLURING TO

THE COLLECTOR

BY

GEORGE SOMES LAYARD

LONDON

ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK

1907

Published November 1907

I DEDICATE THIS BOOK

TO

MY TWO BOYS

JOHN AND PETER

WHO

I SINCERELY HOPE, WILL NOT HAVE SO MANY

USELESS HOBBIES

AS

THEIR AFFECTIONATE

FATHER

CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTORY … 1 2. “THE MARQUIS OF STEYNE” … 7 3. THE SUPPRESSED PORTRAIT OF DICKENS, “PICKWICK,” “THE BATTLE OF LIFE,” AND “GRIMALDI” … 26 4. DICKENS CANCELLED PLATES: “OLIVER TWIST,” “MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT,” “THE STRANGE GENTLEMAN,” “PICTURES FROM ITALY,” AND “SKETCHES BY BOZ” … 43 5. ON SOME FURTHER SUPPRESSED PLATES, ETCHINGS, AND WOOD ENGRAVINGS BY GEORGE CRUIKSHANK … 59 6. HOGARTH’S “ENTHUSIASM DELINEATED,” “THE MAN OF TASTE,” AND “DON QUIXOTE” … 82 7. CANCELLED DESIGNS FOR “PUNCH” AND “ONCE a WEEK” BY CHARLES KEENE AND FREDERICK SANDYS … 127 8. MISCELLANEOUS … 149 9. THE SUPPRESSED OMAR KHAYYAM ETCHING … 179 10. ADAPTED OR PALIMPSEST PLATES … 192 11. ADAPTED OR PALIMPSEST PLATES (continued) … 226