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print
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satirical print
Object Type
print
satirical print
Museum number
1859,0316.192
Title
Object:
Juvenile monstrosities-
Description
Children on the sea-shore, with a background of cliffs and bathing-machines suggesting Brighton. In dress and manners they are tiny adults. Three couples walk arm-in-arm, a little boy sits on the ground. Two girls and two boys wear vast broad-brimmed hats as in BM Satires 15183. 24th January 1826 Etching
Producer name
Print made by:
George Cruikshank
Published by:
George Humphrey
School/style
British
Production date
1826
Production place
Published in:
London (England)
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
Dimensions
Height:
131 millimetres
Width:
168 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
(Description and comment from M. Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', X, 1952) A companion plate to No. 15185 with the same signature and imprint. Pencil studies for one or other (not used) are on the sheet of studies for No. 15183. Reissued Cruikshankiana, 1835.
Bibliographic references
BM Satires / Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum
(15184)
Reid 1871 / A descriptive catalogue of the works of George Cruikshank
(1336)
Cohn 1924 / George Cruikshank, catalogue raisonné
(1270)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
satire
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
A E Evans & Sons
Acquisition date
1859
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1859,0316.192