Caricatures and a sketch by Gissing

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Description

Title: Caricatures and a sketch by Gissing
Creator: From the Collection: Gissing, George, 1857-1903
Published / Created: 1871
Description: In ink and in pencil. Two of the caricatures are accompanied by verses with the titles, "W---m G---g's life indoors and out" and are signed "G.R.G", [Lindow Grove, Alderley Edge, Cheshire?]. Gissing's two brothers, William and Algernon, are the subjects of two of the caricatures; Gissing is himself the subject of the third. The sketch is a copy from Doré's Don Quixote.
Provenance: Ongoing collection of documents acquired by gift and purchase from various sources. Source information is recorded on the folders. Many items in this collection were the gift of George Matthew Adams in memory of Harriet Breese Adams. Two cases with his mark have been retained as samples (Box 6, folder 105a, and Box 7, folder 148a). For further information, consult the appropriate curator.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Repository

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Call Number

GEN MSS 286

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Container / Volume

Box 7, folder 148

Access: Public
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Citation: George Gissing Collection. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.