G.S. Tregear

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Gabriel Shear Tregear (1802-1841) was an English publisher of caricatures and prints. Active from the late 1820s until his death, he operated his "Humorous and Sporting Print Shop" from quarters at 123 Cheapside, London. Towards the end of his life, his business appears to have been called Tregear and Lewis.

Artists and caricaturists published by Tregear included a member of the Cruikshank family of caricaturists, Isaac Robert Cruikshank.

[edit] Tregear's Black Jokes

Produced from drawings by a W. Summers, these caricatures of black life included about 19 images, of which the following are known:

  • "No. 3: Marriage à la Mode;"
  • "No. 4: "The Christening;"
  • "No. 6: The Route;"
  • "No. 8: The Breaking Up;"
  • "No. 9: The Promenade;"
  • "No. 10: The Concert;"
  • "No. 11: Miss White's Birth-day Party;"
  • "No. 12: "The Lubber Quarrel;"
  • "No. 15: Cinderella and the Black Prince;"
  • "No. 18: The Advertisement;"
  • and "No. 19: The Wedding Feast."

The series was published in 1834.