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Title
Topsy with Miss Ophelia's wardrobe.
Names
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878 (Artist)
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896 (Author)
Collection

Uncle Tom's cabin

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1852
Place: London
Publisher: John Cassell
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection
Shelf locator: MEM C955su (Stowe, H. E. B. Uncle Tom's cabin)
Topics
African Americans -- Southern States
Enslaved persons -- Southern States
Slavery -- Southern States
Genres
Prints
Notes
Content: Arents copy accompanied by: Holograph note (2 p.), signed Hartford, June 30, 1891, beginning "Has there ever been a child like Eva? Yes."
Content: Arents copy: Parts issue; partly unopened.
Content: Called "the first English edition" by Hildreth, but cf. BAL 19518.
Content: Copy in MEM: Duyckinck Collection.
Content: Illustrations: 28 prints : wood engraving ; full-page. By T. Williams, Wm. Measom, M. Jackson and others, after Cruikshank. -- Vignette on t.p. (detail of a full-page ill.)
Content: Notice of "Mrs. Stowe and her family" (p. [xv]-xxii) largely based upon an article from Fraser's magazine, 1852,v. 46, p. 518-525.
Content: Originally issued in 13 weekly pts., beginning Oct. 23, 1852. Title page and other prelims. in pt. 13.
Content: Parts issue: Each pt. (no.) in buff paper covers. Publisher's and general advertisements on p. [2-4] of covers.
Content: Publisher's advertisements: p. [392]
Content: Spencer Coll. copy: Parts issue. A sheet of sketches preliminary to the plate facing p. 22, with the artist's autograph, is laid in no. 8.
Ownership: ARNBIP103
Statement of responsibility: by Harriet Beecher Stowe ; with twenty-seven illustrations on wood by George Cruikshank, Esq.
Physical Description
Wood engravings
Extent: 1 print : wood engraving.
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b14005110
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 9e6be610-c607-012f-d8f4-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1792: Creator Born
  • 1852: Issued
  • 1878: Creator Died
  • 2013: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. "Topsy with Miss Ophelia's wardrobe." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1852. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/91f858eb-4989-1047-e040-e00a18062192

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. "Topsy with Miss Ophelia's wardrobe." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 18, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/91f858eb-4989-1047-e040-e00a18062192

APA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. (1852). Topsy with Miss Ophelia's wardrobe. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/91f858eb-4989-1047-e040-e00a18062192

Wikipedia Citation

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Topsy with Miss Ophelia's wardrobe.