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print
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satirical print
Object Type
print
satirical print
Museum number
1978,U.153.4
Title
Object:
A scene in Kensington Gardens - or - fashions and frights of 1829 - -
Series:
Scraps and sketches
Description
(For description see other impression). 1 November 1829 Hand-coloured etching
Producer name
Print made by:
George Cruikshank
(also publisher)
Published by:
James Robins
School/style
British
Production date
1829
Production place
Published in:
London (England)
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
hand-coloured
Dimensions
Height:
272 millimetres
(sheet)
Width:
375 millimetres
(sheet)
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Fifth plate of a series of six, stitched together with a pink paper cover and a titlepage. See curator's comment for 1978,U.153.1. The plate is given as the fifth in the series, not the fourth, in BMSat, and is bound in that order in other versions of the pamphlet held by Prints & Drawings (e.g. that with register number 1978,U.154.1/6).
Bibliographic references
BM Satires / Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum
(15981)
Reid 1871 / A descriptive catalogue of the works of George Cruikshank
(1469)
Cohn 1924 / George Cruikshank, catalogue raisonné
(180)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
satire
Acquisition name
Bequeathed by:
Eliza Cruikshank
Acquisition date
1891
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1978,U.153.4
Additional IDs
Miscellaneous number:
1891,1116.179