{"id":344,"date":"2013-04-08T14:01:16","date_gmt":"2013-04-08T18:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/rbsc\/?p=344"},"modified":"2013-04-08T14:20:20","modified_gmt":"2013-04-08T18:20:20","slug":"recent-acquisition-cruikshank-pamphlet-1869","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/rbsc\/recent-acquisition-cruikshank-pamphlet-1869\/","title":{"rendered":"Recent acquisition: Cruikshank pamphlet (1869)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rare Books and Special Collections has recently acquired a copy of George Cruikshank’s\u00a0 Our ‘gutter children<\/em>‘, a large, four-page pamphlet with a colour illustration at the head. This document, which complements RBSC holdings of Cruikshank’s illustrated book works and extensive caricature collection, appears to be the only recorded copy in a Canadian library.<\/p>\n

George Cruikshank (English, 1792-1878) was a print maker and caricaturist who achieved fame first through political and social caricature in the popular press and later as a successful\u00a0 illustrator of books. His output was extensive, and he created plates for Dickens’ Oliver Twist<\/em>, Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe, and the Brothers Grimm, to name a few.<\/p>\n

Our ‘gutter children<\/em>‘ will be\"Cruikshank\"<\/a> of particular interest to researchers looking at Home Children, the movement of child emigrants from Great Britain to Canada between 1869 and the 1930s.<\/p>\n

“…a proposit<\/strong>ion<\/strong> has <\/strong>been made, through the press, with an <\/strong>appeal for pecuniary aid, to assist in transporting to Canada and the Western States of America, some of the deserted an<\/strong>d neglected children of this country, who are to be found in the GUTTERS of our Cities and Towns…”<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This item is available for consultation<\/a> in Rare Books and Special Collections.<\/p>\n

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