Uncle Tom's cabin / by Harriet Beecher Stowe ; with 27 illustrations on wood by George Cruikshank, esq.
Published / Created:
London : John Cassell, 1852.
Physical Description:
xxiii, 391, [1] p., [27] leaves of plates : ill., port. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
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Classification:
Books
Notes:
Cruikshank's designs engraved on wood by Dalziel, W.T. Green, Mason Jackson, William Measom, Thomas Williams, and G.W. Willis.
Contents:
Preface to the American edition -- Contents -- List of the illustrations -- Introduction -- Mrs. Stowe and her family -- Opinions of the press -- Results -- Uncle Tom's cabin.
Subject Terms:
Uncle Tom (Fictitious character) -- Fiction. | African Americans -- Fiction. | Southern States -- Fiction. | Plantation life -- Fiction. | Slavery -- Fiction. | Cassell, John -- Publisher. | Scheuer, Gloria -- Provenance.
Form/Genre:
Didactic fiction. | Wood engravings -- 1852.
Contributors:
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878, ill. | Dalziel Brothers, engraver. | Green, W. T., active 1837–1872, engraver. | Jackson, Mason, 1819–1903, engraver. | Measom, William, engraver. | Williams, Thomas, approximately 1800–, engraver. | Willis, G. W., engraver.