Sketches and suggestions by Joseph Crawhall with their translations by Charles Keene for Punch
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Watercolours by Crawhall, with their printed versions by Keene, one of Punch’s chief cartoonists, on the facing page. Letters to Crawhall tipped in and inserted.
'Rambling recollections and modern thoughts by an old engraver', by J. B. Groves
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Memoir of J. B. Groves. With a covering letter from Miss L. Groves, a printed article by Groves on moving pictures from The Farmer’s Advocate, a photocopy of the memoir, a typewritten précis, and a photograph of Joseph Swain (b 1820, d 1909), Groves’s wood engraving teacher. The photograph is wro...
'Ally Sloper' was a cartoon character, created by Charles Henry Ross, in the magazine Judy. At the time of this letter he was appearing in the weekly comic Ally Sloper’s Half Holiday, on whose headed paper this letter is written. With a 1980 annotation by Kenneth Griffith. Pasted on the verso is ...