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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

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