print;
book-illustration;
frontispiece
- Museum number
- 1859,0316.1013
- Description
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Two images; the first; Baron von Boots, with an extravagant moustache and his hat in his hand, kneeling to declare his love to Mrs. Mouser, who pulls on a bell-pull and looks down at him, a sofa against the panelled wall beyond; the second; Perditus Button and Pip the link boy seated by the fire, conversing and smoking their pipes, Mrs. Beard, the land lady looking on with distaste, a candle and bottles of wine on the table; frontispiece and illustration to volume two of Jerrold's "Cakes and Ale" (1842)
Etching
- Production date
- 1842
- Dimensions
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Height: 183 millimetres
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Width: 224 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Cakes and Ale
- Acquisition date
- 1859
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1859,0316.1013
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 1859,0316.1014