Heads of the people, or, Portraits of the English / drawn by Kenny Meadows with original essays by distinguished writers.

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Carey & Hart (Publisher)
Other Authors: Meadows, Joseph Kenny, 1790-1874 (Illustrator)
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863 (Contributor)
Jerrold, Douglas, 1803-1857 (Contributor)
Hall, S. C., Mrs., 1800-1881 (Contributor)
Howitt, William, 1792-1879 (Contributor)
Nimrod, 1778-1843 (contibutor.)
Leigh, Percival, 1813-1889 (Contributor)
Gore, Mrs. (Catherine Grace Frances), 1799-1861 (Contributor)
Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859 (Contributor)
Whitehead, Charles, 1804-1862 (Contributor)
Yeager, Joseph, approximately 1792-1859 (Engraver)
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Carey & Hart, 1841.
Series:William D. and Helen M. Chase Collection.
Subjects:
England > Social life and customs.
English > Caricatures and cartoons.
Manners and customs.
England.
Genre:
Caricatures and cartoons.
Ownership and Custodial History:
19th-century oval stamp in black ink on front paste-down (twice): "[...] Jane Hearbook [Her book?]". Pencil inscription on recto of front free end-paper (mostly erased). Inscription on second preliminary leaf: "W D Chase, Cleveland, Ohio, 17 Oct 1986"
Local Note:
MSU: Gift of William D. and Helen M. Chase.
Physical Description:370 pages, 32 unnumbered leaves of plates, 2 unnumbered pages : illustrations, portraits ; 26 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Debtor and creditor / Douglas Jerrold
  • The Cockney / Douglas Jerrold
  • The diner-out / Henry Brownrigg, Esq.
  • The fashionable authoress / William Thackeray
  • The "lion" of a party / Douglas Jerrold
  • The young lord / Douglas Jerrold
  • The young squire / William Howitt
  • The waiter / Paul Prendergast
  • The dress-maker / Henry Brownrigg, Esq.
  • The coachman and the guard / Nimrod
  • The linen-draper's assistant / Henry Brownrigg, Esq.
  • The chaperon and the débutante / Mrs. Gore
  • The collegian / A Bachelor of Arts
  • The conductor / Leigh Hunt
  • Tavern heads / Charles Whitehead
  • The basket-woman / Mrs. S. C. Hall
  • Captain Rook and Mr. Pigeon / William Thackeray
  • The sporting gentleman / Nimrod
  • The farmer's daughter / William Howitt
  • The family governess / Miss Winter
  • The stock-broker / Owen Penguin
  • The printer's devil / Douglas Jerrold
  • The bricklayer's labourer / Mrs. S. C. Hall.