print; book-illustration; music sheet/cover

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Object Type: print; book-illustration; music sheet/cover
Museum number: 1865,1111.2481
Title: Object: Tea in the Arbour
Description: A young dandy, in an attitude of distress, his nankeen pantaloons marked with horizontal stripes of paint, having climbed over a freshly painted fence; the Barber family taking tea in an arbour; looking with concern and amusement at his predicament; a snail and a frog on the ground; two sportsmen beyond; vignette and frontispiece to "Tea in the Arbour, a Comic Song" (1831) Etching
Producer name: Print made by: George Cruikshank; Published by: B Williams
School/style: British
Production date: 1831
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials: paper
Technique: etching
Dimensions: Height: 142 millimetres; Width: 214 millimetres
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Bibliographic references: Reid 1871 / A descriptive catalogue of the works of George Cruikshank (1518)
Location: Not on display
Associated names: Associated with: Edward Fitzwilliam; Illustration to: J Beuler
Associated titles
Acquisition name: Purchased from: James Rimell & Son
Previous owner: Previous owner/ex-collection: Edmund Story Maskelyne
Acquisition date: 1865
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1865,1111.2481

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