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Sketches by Boz Illustrations

Illustrations by George Cruikshank

Sketches by Boz, Dickens first book, was a collection of sketches he had written for various magazines between 1833 and 1836. The first publication of the collection appeared in 1836 with 10 illustration by George Cruikshank. Through several iterations of publication Cruikshank eventually supplied 40 illustrations etched on copper.

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Frontispiece	The election for Beadle	The Parish engine	The broker's man	Our next-door neighbors
The Streets. Morning	Scotland Yard	Seven Dials	Monmouth Street	Hackney coach stands
London recreations	Greenwich Fair	Private theatres	Vauxhall Gardens by day	Early coaches
The last cabdriver	Public dinners	The first of May	The gin shop	The pawnbroker's shop
Thoughts about people	Jemima Evans	A pickpocket in custody	Mr John Dounce	The dancing academy
Making a night of it	The boarding house	The boarding house 2	Mr Minns and his cousin	Sentiment
The Tuggs at Ramsgate	Horatio Sparkins	Steam excursion	Steam excursion 2	The Winglebury duel
Mrs Joseph Porter	Watkins Tottle	The lock-up house	Mr Watkins Tottle and Miss Lillerton	Bloomsbury Christening