print; book-illustration

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Object Type: print; book-illustration
Museum number: 1978,U.2834
Description: Poor seamstresses queueing on a staircase, those at the top falling into a large funnel that converts them into fine clothes and money, the machine worked by a factory owner turning a large handle, on the other side of a curtain, wealthy ladies purchasing the clothes at a cheap price due to the exploitation of the seamstresses; artist's proof; illustration to Cruikshank's "Our Own Times" (1846) Etching
Producer name: Print made by: George Cruikshank; Published by: Bradbury & Co
School/style: British
Production date: 1847
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials: paper
Technique: etching
Dimensions: Height: 140 millimetres; Width: 230 millimetres
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Bibliographic references: Reid 1871 / A descriptive catalogue of the works of George Cruikshank (2386); Cohn 1924 / George Cruikshank, catalogue raisonné (193)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: lacemaker/seamstress; costume/clothing; machine/mechanism
Associated titles
Acquisition name: Bequeathed by: Eliza Cruikshank
Acquisition date: 1891
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1978,U.2834
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: 1891,1116.179

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