drawing
- Museum number
- 1974,U.1388-1391
- Description
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Four sheets of compositional studies for the oil painting: 'The deaf mistress.' A liveried servant carrying a tray stumbles over his mistress's dogs as she reads a newspaper.
1974,U.1388: A compositional study with another female figure at the left hand side of the scene.
1974,U.1389: A revised composition without the second female figure (closer to the final composition.)
1974,U.1390 and 1974,U.1391 sketches for a similar scene with a larger number of women seated at the table with the servant dropping his tray in 1974,U.1390.
Graphite and ink
- Production date
- 1810-1878 (See comments)
- Dimensions
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Height: 92 millimetres (approx height (smallest sheet))
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Height: 186 millimetres (approx. height (largest sheet))
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Width: 111 millimetres (approx width (smallest sheet))
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Width: 227 millimetres (approx. width (largest sheet))
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- See the curatorial comment on record 1974, U. 1-14 for information on Cruikshank's unmounted drawings.
The painting 'A new situation, a deaf mistress' oil on board (private collection) was auctioned on September 6th 2017.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1891
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1974,U.1388-1391
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 1891,1116.179