Pictures from The Everyday Book and Table Book, by William Hone, 1826, London.
The illustrations are probably by George Cruikshank.
There is also an entry in the Nuttall Encyclopædia for William Hone and another for George Cruikshank.
The book has been scanned entirely and low-resolution page images of the full book are online hosted by Google.
Title: Hone’s Everyday Book
City: London
Date: 1826
Total items: 39
Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.
Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
September 8 is the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin; that is, the supposed birthday of the mother of Jesus. She is shown wearing a crown, with a starburst of [...] [more...]
[$]Ancient Representation of the Nativity
A picture for Christmas, taken from the entry for December 24th. [more...]
[$]“AUGUST
The eighth was August, being rich array’d
In garment all of gold downe to the ground:
Yet rode he not, but led a lovely mayd
Forth by the lily hand, the which was crown’d
With eares of corne [wheat], and full her hand was found.
That was the righteous Virgin, which of old
Liv’d heare on earth, and plenty made abound;
But after wrong was lov’d, and justice solde,
She left th’ unrighteous world, and was to heav’n extoll’d. Spenser ” (p. 1058) [more...]
Francis Grose, Esq. F.S.A. etc.
Francis Grose was a well-known historian and lexicographer. There are some scanned images from his Antiquities and also his 1811 dictionary of slang and a short biogrify of Fancis Grose. [more...]
[$]Pictures from The Everyday Book and Table Book, by William Hone, 1826, London.
The illustrations are probably by George Cruikshank.
There is also an entry in the Nuttall Encyclopædia for William Hone and another for George Cruikshank.
The book has been scanned entirely and low-resolution page images of the full book are online hosted by Google.
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