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print
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book-illustration
Object Type
print
book-illustration
Museum number
1978,U.3221
Description
The bagman punching the knife-wielding Frenchman, his dog biting the assassin in the seat of his trousers, the Frenchman's wife pulling the bagmanby his jacket from behind, two men standing in the doorway and looking on; illustration to Barham's "The Ingoldsby Legends, or Mirth and Marvels" (1864) Woodcut
Producer name
Print made by:
George Cruikshank
Published by:
Richard Bentley
School/style
British
Production date
1864
Production place
Published in:
London (England)
Materials
paper
Technique
woodcut
Dimensions
Height:
68 millimetres
(printed border)
Width:
94 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Reid 1871 / A descriptive catalogue of the works of George Cruikshank
(4451)
Cohn 1924 / George Cruikshank, catalogue raisonné
(51)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
fighting/brawling
dog
Associated names
Illustration to:
Richard Harris Barham
Associated titles
Associated Title:
The Ingoldsby Legends; or Mirth and Marvels
Acquisition name
Bequeathed by:
Eliza Cruikshank
Acquisition date
1891
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1978,U.3221
Additional IDs
Miscellaneous number:
1891,1116.179