print; book-illustration

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Object Type: print; book-illustration
Museum number: 1977,U.1443
Description: Two scenes, the first; an enormous giant, his head and upper body tapering into the clouds above, stepping from one large hill to another; the second; witches flying on their broomsticks above a dark sea, accompanied by their cat familiars, cliffs to the right; illustration to Hunt's "Popular Romances of the West of England" (1865) Etching
Producer name: Print made by: George Cruikshank; Published by: John Camden Hotten
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Production date: 1865
Production place: Published in: London (England)
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Dimensions: Height: 200 millimetres; Width: 260 millimetres
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Bibliographic references: Reid 1871 / A descriptive catalogue of the works of George Cruikshank (2645); Cohn 1924 / George Cruikshank, catalogue raisonné (422)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: ogre/giant; landscape; witch/wizard; cat
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Acquisition date: 1753-1977
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1977,U.1443

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