Sketches of Irish Character. With Numerous Illustrations by Daniel Maclise, Gilbert, Harvy, and Cruikshank. London: Hotten, [1854]. Third Edition. Pp xxiv, 412. Publisher’s decorated green cloth boards, title in gilt to spine. Light shelf-wear to covers, contents in good condition.

Profusely illustrated by various artists including many by Daniel Maclise.

The author writes “In these ‘Sketches’ I have aimed at a higher object than mere amusement, – desiring so to picture the Irish character, as to make it more justly appreciated, more rightly estimated, and more respected in England. . . . It has been my steady purpose, and zealous wish, to do justice to the many estimable qualities of the Irish peasantry.”