print
- Museum number
- 1940,1007.3.43
- Title
- Object: The British bee hive.
- Description
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A section of the beehive of British society, with fifty-four cells, a base and nine layers representing the classes and trades; the royalty at the top; the bank, armed services and volunteers as the foundation; the crown on top, the royal standard to left, the union jack to right; after Cruikshank's etching from 1867, from an altered from a design of 1840
Lithograph
- Production date
- 1867-1873
- Dimensions
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Height: 275 millimetres
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Width: 215 millimetres (sheet)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- This appears to be a copy after Cruikshank, see 1869,1009.23 and 1940,1007.44 for Cruikshanks' etching from 1876.
See 1940,1007.3.1 for Comment.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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1992 Sep-Oct, London, Order of St John Museum, Cruikshank 200
1992 Nov-Dec, Burnley, Townley Hall AG & Museum, Cruikshank 200
1993 Jan-Feb, Maidstone Museum & AG, Cruikshank 200
1993 Feb-April, Sheffield, Graves AG, Cruikshank 200
- Acquisition date
- 1940
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1940,1007.3.43
