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Object Type
print
Museum number
1978,U.3426
Description
Paper cover to Eugene Sue, The Orphan, or Memoirs of Matilda (T C Newby, 1844), illustrated by Robert Cruikshank, showing Time addressing a washer-woman. Wood-engraving
Producer name
Print made by:
Isaac Robert Cruikshank
Published by:
Thomas Cautley Newby
School/style
British
Production date
1844
Production place
Published in:
London (England)
Materials
paper
Technique
wood-engraving
Dimensions
Height:
165 millimetres
Width:
130 millimetres
(front cover only, cut)
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
The sheet is badly cut, and most of the text missing.
Location
Not on display
Subjects
prison
election
Associated names
Illustration to:
Eugène Sue
Acquisition name
Bequeathed by:
Eliza Cruikshank
Acquisition date
1891
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1978,U.3426