Critical papers in art ; Stubb's calender ; Barber Cox (1904)
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863 · London ; New York : Macmillan · leaf 95
erman books, the peculiar humour of which latter seemed to suit the artist exactly. There is a mixture of the awful and the ridiculous in these, which perpetually excites and keeps awake th3 reader’s attention; the German writer and the English artist seem to have an entire faith in their subject.… … I his hand into his pocket, and drew thence a tolerably large bag 1 of Cordovan leather, to which a couple of thongs were fixed. I I took it from him, and immediately counted ten gold pieces, and ! ten more, and ten more, and still other ten, whereupon I held ! out my hand to him. Done, said I, it…
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878 · Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863 · Art criticism
Internet Archive · Getty Research Institute · Public domain (published before 1931). Free to use for anything.
![An illustration from Banbury chap books and nursery toy book literature [of the XVIII and early XIX centuries] (1890)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-banburychapbooks00pearrich-116-366.webp)
![An illustration from Pars I. des berühmten italiänische[n] Ritters Caesaris Ripae, allerley Künsten und Wissenschafften dienlicher Sinnbildern und Gedancken : welchen jedesmahlen eine hierzu taugliche Historia oder Gleichnis beÿgefüget (1758)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-parsidesberuhmte00ripa-36-23.webp)