Heads of the people; or, Portraits of the English.

Heads of the people; or, Portraits of the English. Drawn by Kenny Meadows. - London, Willoughby & Co.; W. Lane & Smithfield [1840-41] - 2 v. fronts., illus., plates. 20 cm.

Vol. 1 has added t.-p., illustrated. A popular work, to which Thackeray and Jerrold contributed some of their earliest sketches. These literary sketches were written to the pictures and not, as some have imagined, the pictures drawn in illustration of the letterpress. cf. Academy, 1874, II, 360.

ca 15000804


England--Social life and customs--19th century.

DA118 / .H5

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