print;
newspaper/periodical
- Museum number
- 1839,1012.111
- Title
- Object: The Theft of the Cap
- Description
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A man teasing a little girl, wearig her bonnet and bloak and smiling at her, holding her right wirst in his left hand, his hat in the other, while she reaches out to try to retrieve her clothes, a little dog barking at her heels, with a chest of drawers behind them to left; proof illustration to 'The Amulet' of 1833, p.169; proof before letters. 1832
Etching and engraving on chine collé
- Production date
- 1832-1833
- Dimensions
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Height: 232 millimetres
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Width: 176 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- See also 1889,0409.291 and 1868,0822.7504 and 1840,0627.105
'The Amulet: a Christian and literary remembrancer' was edited by Samuel Carter Hall and published in London by Frederick Westley and A H Davis, circa 1827-34.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1839
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1839,1012.111