Shepard Krech collection of George Cruikshank
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of letters, original pencil sketches, drawings, etchings, engravings, and books by English artist, caricaturist, and book illustrator George Cruikshank. Included is an illustrated manuscript for Cruikshank's The Political House That Jack Built, satirical works, and printed illustrations for books by Miguel de Cervantes, Charles Dickens, and others. Also present is a set of typescript and manuscript catalog cards created by Krech that document the collection's contents.
Dates
- 1803-1906
Creator
- Krech, Shepard, circa 1891-1968 (Collector)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The Shepard Krech Collection of George Cruikshank is the physical property of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the appropriate curator.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of the Estate of Shepard Krech, 1968.
Arrangement
Materials roughly maintain order found at time of acquisition.
Extent
4.67 Linear Feet (6 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Abstract
The collection consists of letters, original pencil sketches, drawings, etchings, and engravings, and books by English artist, caricaturist, and book illustrator George Cruikshank.
George Cruikshank (1792-1878)
George Cruikshank was a British artist, caricaturist, and illustrator. Early in his career he was known for his satirical etchings of the royal family and politicians. In the 1820s, Cruikshank began to focus on book illustrations. He illustrated Charles Dickens's Sketches by Boz (1836) and Oliver Twist (1838), as well as W. Harrison Ainsworth's Rookwood (1836) and The Tower of London (1840).
Shepard Krech (circa 1891-1968)
Shepard Krech was a physician born in St. Paul, Minnesota. He graduated from Yale University in 1913. After serving in the United States Army in World War I, he studied pre-medicine at Columbia University and Harvard University. Krech graduated Harvard Medical School in 1923. He was on staff at Bellevue Hospital in New York City as an instructor in surgery but retired from active medical practice in 1939 after a coronary attack. He was elected to the New York Academy of Medicine in 1932 and also served as president of the Eastern Surgical Society. Krech died in 1968 at the age of 77 in East Hampton, New York.
Processing Information
Former call number: MS Vault Cruikshank, MS Vault File Cruikshank
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This collection received a basic level of processing, including rehousing and minimal organization.
Information included in the Description of Papers note and Collection Contents section is drawn from information supplied with the collection and from an initial survey of the contents. Folder titles appearing in the contents list below are often based on those provided by the creator or previous custodian. Titles have not been verified against the contents of the folders in all cases. Otherwise, folder titles are supplied by staff during initial processing.
This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
- Cartoonists -- Great Britain
- Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616
- Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878
- Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
- Drawings (visual works)
- English literature -- 19th century
- English wit and humor, Pictorial
- Engravings (prints)
- Etchings (prints)
- Illustrators -- Great Britain -- 19th century
- Political satire, English -- 19th century
- Title
- Guide to the Shepard Krech Collection of George Cruikshank
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- by Lucretia Baskin
- Date
- May 2023
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository
Location
121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511
Opening Hours
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