print;
tail-piece
- Museum number
- 1912,1227.187
- Description
-
Tailpiece to an edition of Thomas Hood's 'The Song of the Shirt'; a skeleton dancing on a pedestal, wearing a white shirt decorated with black W-shaped design, lettered behind with 'This style / six for a Guinea', with 'Registered' above crossed-out sign at lower left, and 'Trade-Mark.' above a skull and crossbones at right; after John Moyr Smith, proof.
Wood-engraving on thin paper
- Production date
- 1854-1912
- Dimensions
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Height: 50 millimetres (image)
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Width: 39 millimetres (image)
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: The Song of the Shirt
- Acquisition date
- 1902
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1912,1227.187
