Caricature Ornaments for Screens
Satirical Etching
1800 (published)
1800 (published)
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| Place of origin |
These prints were intended for sticking onto screens. Sticking prints onto pieces of furniture or small items of woodwork such as boxes is a quick and easy way of decorating them although examples of such things from the beginning of the nineteenth century rarely survive.
This print is divided horizontally into two scenes in each of which are two figures holding up a print.
This print is divided horizontally into two scenes in each of which are two figures holding up a print.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Caricature Ornaments for Screens (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Etching coloured by hand |
| Brief description | 'Caricature Ornaments for Screens', etching, Isaac Cruikshank after George Moutard Woodward, London, 1800 |
| Physical description | Satirical etching |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Frank A. Gibson |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | These prints were intended for sticking onto screens. Sticking prints onto pieces of furniture or small items of woodwork such as boxes is a quick and easy way of decorating them although examples of such things from the beginning of the nineteenth century rarely survive. This print is divided horizontally into two scenes in each of which are two figures holding up a print. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.1218-1990 |
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| Record created | June 11, 2007 |
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