print; book-illustration

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Object Type: print; book-illustration
Museum number: 1859,0316.702
Description: Four scenes; the first, two dogs dressed as dandies, wearing coats, top hats and smoking cigars, looking away from two dogs drawing a dustcart, both couples criticising the other, a footman carrying a lady's dog and a small dog talking to a cained dog beyond; the second; skaters, on an artificial ice rink, falling through the floor to the room below, where gentlemen stop their gambling in shock, some stealing money, scenes of an alpine forest and a volcano painted on the walls beyond; the third; poor children dancing and eating at a charity ball. two gentlemen and a beadle drinking, a small band playing on a dais; the fourth; various fanciful flying machines, shaped as palaces and mansions; illustration to Cruikshank's "The Comic Almanack 1844" (1844) Etching
Producer name: Print made by: George Cruikshank; Published by: Charles Tilt
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Production date: 1844
Production place: Published in: London (England)
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Dimensions: Height: 225 millimetres; Width: 348 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: Reid 1871 / A descriptive catalogue of the works of George Cruikshank (2275); Cohn 1924 / George Cruikshank, catalogue raisonné (184)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: aircraft; ballooning; airport; masquerade/party; skating; gambling/gaming; dog; dandy/rake; musician; beadle
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Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1859
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1859,0316.702
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: 1859,0316.703; Miscellaneous number: 1859,0316.706; Miscellaneous number: 1859,0316.710

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