George Speaight Punch & Judy Collection
Print
after 1850 (published)
after 1850 (published)
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Engraving entitled The comedy of the cat - Behind the curtain. From an original painting La Comédie du Cat. Derrière by Jules David. Publisher unknown. George Speaight Punch and Judy Collection.
Object details
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| Title | George Speaight Punch & Judy Collection (named collection) |
| Materials and techniques | printing ink on paper |
| Brief description | Engraving entitled The comedy of the cat - Behind the curtain. Published after 1850. George Speaight Punch and Judy Collection. |
| Physical description | This print depicts the inside of a Punch and Judy booth whilst a performance is taking place. In the checked booth a puppeteer is in action, holding Punch and Judy puppets. Sitting on the floor by his side is a woman breast feeding. A young crying child sits at her side and another child is holding a couple of puppets, waiting to hand them to the puppeteer. |
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| Credit line | Accepted by HM Government in Lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the V&A in 2010. |
| Literary reference | Punch and Judy |
| Summary | Engraving entitled The comedy of the cat - Behind the curtain. From an original painting La Comédie du Cat. Derrière by Jules David. Publisher unknown. George Speaight Punch and Judy Collection. |
| Other number | Prints File |
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| Accession number | S.673-2010 |
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| Record created | June 4, 2010 |
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