print; book-illustration

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Object Type: print; book-illustration
Museum number: 1978,U.3229
Description: Portia, disguised as the lawyer Balthazar, one hand raised, informing the court of the loophole in the contract, the horrified Shylock to her left, holding a knife and a set of scales, Bassanio and Antonio to her right looking on, Venetian lawyers and nobility watching beyond, the contract on the floor to the right; illustration to Barham's "The Ingoldsby Legends, or Mirth and Marvels" (1864) Woodcut
Producer name: Print made by: George Cruikshank; Published by: Richard Bentley; Print made by: Dalziel Brothers
School/style
Production date: 1864
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 126 millimetres (printed border); Width: 102 millimetres
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Bibliographic references: Reid 1871 / A descriptive catalogue of the works of George Cruikshank (4460); Cohn 1924 / George Cruikshank, catalogue raisonné (51)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: lawyer; jewish
Associated names: Illustration to: Richard Harris Barham; Illustration to: William Shakespeare; Representation of: Shylock
Associated titles: Associated Title: The Ingoldsby Legends; or Mirth and Marvels; Associated Title: The Merchant of Venice
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1891
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1978,U.3229
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: 1891,1116.179

Free entry