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G.S. Tregear

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severed it from the body. He was immediately taken to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, and the arm was amputated. There is every possibility of his recovery. The corner of Wood-street is rendered exceedingly dangerous by the exhibition of caricatures, as it invariably induces a crowd to assemble round the shop. On the Saturday previous, a gentleman named Bragge nearly lost his life, within a few yards of the same spot, and numerous robberies are continually occurring.
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previous edition) from an address in Southwark. By 1826 he had moved to Drury Lane, and published caricatures and other prints from St Peter's Alley, Cornhill. In 1827–1828 he published sporting and theatrical prints from 104 St Martins Lane. From 1828–1835 he occupied number 123 on the northwestern corner of Cheapside and Wood Street. This building has since been demolished, but during his day the printshop window was crowded with caricatures. The
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On Saturday morning, about 11 o'clock, as a boy named William Gunton, son of a watch-spring-maker, No. 3 City-gardens, was standing at the corner of Wood-street, looking at a caricature-shop window, a wagon in passing caught his arm between the stump (put up by the city for protection) and nearly
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Tregear wed Ann McLean in 1821; she was the sister of Thomas McLean, a publisher and printseller. They had thirteen children; six of them lived to adulthood. In 1823 he published the third edition of Francis B. Spilsburyʼs "Picturesque Scenery in the Holy Land and Syria" (McLean had published the
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A policeman was subsequently stationed on the corner and Tregear forced to reduce the number of prints displayed. In 1834 he moved to 96 Cheapside, where he worked until his death in 1841. He died on 21 February 1841, at 18 Goulden Terrace,
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appears to be the longest, running to 95 prints or more. They are generally undated. The "Rum Jokes" series ran to at least 43 prints, and cover hunting, shooting, and fishing, plus racing events, skating, billiards and the building trade.
123:. Two of Clay's cartoons were redrawn for Tregear's 1833 series, and a third cartoon by "I. Harris" is now credited to Clay. An additional 8 cartoons by Clay were later added, bringing its number of plates to 20. 21: 183: 85:. His widow continued to operate the business with Thomas Crump Lewis as Tregear & Lewis, also selling musical instruments. The firm went bankrupt in 1844. 47:
and prints. Active from the late 1820s until his death, he operated his "Humorous and Sporting Print Shop" from quarters near today's 123
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were described in an advertisement as "being a Series of Laughable Caricatures on the March of Manners Amongst the Blacks."
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Tregear's Black Jokes: Being a Series of Laughable Caricatures in the March of Manners Amongst the Blacks.
52: 178: 173: 130:(1834) consisted of 20 lithographed cartoons, drawn by William Summers and engraved by Charles Hunt. 120: 116: 144: 139: 162: 51:, London. Artists and caricaturists published by Tregear included a member of the 119:" was used, referring to the 1828–1830 racial cartoon series by American artist 82: 44: 78: 48: 20: 81:, of influenza, and was buried at St. Martin in the Fields in 8: 16:English publisher of caricatures and prints 39:(1802 – 21 February 1841), also known as 88:Tregear published many series, of which 184:Anti-black racism in the United Kingdom 7: 14: 43:, was an English publisher of 1: 140:The Print Shop Window article 100: 30:Tregear's Flights of Humour 200: 104: 67:of 7 May 1832 reports: 57:Isaac Robert Cruikshank 33: 128:Tregear's Black Jokes 126:The second series of 113:Tregear's Black Jokes 107:Tregear's Black Jokes 101:Tregear's Black Jokes 95:Tregear's Black Jokes 41:Gabriel Shire Tregear 37:Gabriel Shear Tregear 24: 150:from Yale University 121:Edward Williams Clay 117:Life in Philadelphia 111:The first series of 169:English cartoonists 55:of caricaturists, 34: 90:Flights of Humour 53:Cruikshank family 191: 199: 198: 194: 193: 192: 190: 189: 188: 159: 158: 157: 136: 109: 103: 17: 12: 11: 5: 197: 195: 187: 186: 181: 176: 171: 161: 160: 156: 153: 152: 151: 142: 135: 132: 105:Main article: 102: 99: 74: 73: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 196: 185: 182: 180: 177: 175: 172: 170: 167: 166: 164: 154: 149: 147: 143: 141: 138: 137: 133: 131: 129: 124: 122: 118: 114: 108: 98: 96: 91: 86: 84: 80: 70: 69: 68: 66: 60: 58: 54: 50: 46: 42: 38: 31: 27: 23: 19: 145: 127: 125: 112: 110: 89: 87: 75: 64: 61: 40: 36: 35: 29: 25: 18: 179:1841 deaths 174:1802 births 83:Camden Town 45:caricatures 163:Categories 155:References 79:Islington 49:Cheapside 134:See also 32:, No. 41 148:(1834). 28:, from 65:Times 26:Ariel 165:: 59:.

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caricatures
Cheapside
Cruikshank family
Isaac Robert Cruikshank
Islington
Camden Town
Tregear's Black Jokes
Tregear's Black Jokes
Life in Philadelphia
Edward Williams Clay
The Print Shop Window article
Tregear's Black Jokes: Being a Series of Laughable Caricatures in the March of Manners Amongst the Blacks. (1834).
Categories
English cartoonists
1802 births
1841 deaths
Anti-black racism in the United Kingdom

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