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Outside of a Humble of Print Shop

Print
1828 (etched)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Etching of a street scene with two men and two boys looking at prints outside a print shop.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleOutside of a Humble of Print Shop (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Etching on paper
Brief description
George Cruikshank, etching
Physical description
Etching of a street scene with two men and two boys looking at prints outside a print shop.
Dimensions
  • Sheet height: 15.5cm
  • Sheet width: 22.5cm
  • Plate mark height: 13.4cm
  • Plate mark width: 19.2cm
Production typeArtist's proof
Marks and inscriptions
  • George Cruikshank pub (Etched at the bottom left of the image)
  • Outside of a humble Print Shop (Written in pencil below the image)
Gallery label
Cruikshank depicts the various haunts of print collectors - the very people who might have bought these etchings. He caricatures them as a cosy, select and excitable group.(March 2006)
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
9543:3

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Record createdJanuary 27, 2007
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