Foot Ball

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Artist/Maker	George Hunt (artist) Isaac Robert Cruikshank (artist) Thomas McLean (publisher)
Place of origin	London (published)

Caricature of soldiers playing football on a parade ground. Lettered with title and 'Robt. Cruikshank. Fecit. Engd. by Geo. Hunt London. Published by Thos. McLean, 26, Haymarket, 1827'.

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Categories	Military Sport War Satire Caricatures & Cartoons Prints
Object type	Caricature
Title	Foot Ball (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Etching and aquatint, coloured by hand Printing Ink Etching Aquatint
Brief description	George Hunt after Robert Cruikshank. 'Foot Ball.' London, 1827.
Physical description	Caricature of soldiers playing football on a parade ground. Lettered with title and 'Robt. Cruikshank. Fecit. Engd. by Geo. Hunt London. Published by Thos. McLean, 26, Haymarket, 1827'.
Dimensions	Height: 24.45cm Width: 35.56cm Taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1953 London: HMSO 1963
Marks and inscriptions	'Robt. Cruikshank. Fecit. Engd. by Geo. Hunt London. Published by Thos. McLean, 26, Haymarket, 1827' (Lettered with title and)
Credit line	Given by Allan Wade
Subject depicted	Caricatures
Bibliographic reference	Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1953 London: HMSO, 1963
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.3448-1953

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O587843/foot-ball-caricature-george-hunt/

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