Creator
George Cruikshank
Title
“Fitting Out.”
Coverage
London
Publisher
Published by G. Humphrey, 27, St. James’s Street
Date
1821
Subject
Plate I. First edition, first state.
Description
Album containing eight hand-colored etchings by Cruikshank after eight drawings by Frederick Marryat, each dated 1820, bearing Marryat’s anchor mark and Cruikshank’s signature as sculpt. Marryat (1792–1848) was a British Royal Navy officer, novelist, and a good friend and collaborator of Cruikshank’s.
Source
Source: The Progress of a Midshipman, Exemplified in the Career of Master Blockhead: In Eight Coloured Prints Designed by a Naval Officer, and Engraved by G. Cruikshank.
Relation
From the collection of Josephine Lea Iselin.