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"There's that Ass down here as usual."

Satirical Print
1860s (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A man standing at the seaside, wearing a bright green checked suit and wine red waistcoat holding binoculars, with a monocle, a clay pipe and a small brown hat. Behind him is a young woman with a purple jacket, pink plaid skirt raised over a blue underskirt, and another woman in a purple crinoline dress in profile, and behind her, a donkey.
1 of 30 comic visiting cards, some hand-coloured.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Title"There's that Ass down here as usual." (published title)
Materials and techniques
Litho-engraving
Brief description
"There's that Ass down here as usual."
One of 30 satirical cards parodying carte-de-visites and calling-cards. Published by J. Simmons & Sons, 1860s.
Physical description
A man standing at the seaside, wearing a bright green checked suit and wine red waistcoat holding binoculars, with a monocle, a clay pipe and a small brown hat. Behind him is a young woman with a purple jacket, pink plaid skirt raised over a blue underskirt, and another woman in a purple crinoline dress in profile, and behind her, a donkey.
1 of 30 comic visiting cards, some hand-coloured.
Dimensions
  • Height: 9.53cm
  • Width: 6.35cm
Taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1953 London: HMSO 1963
Credit line
Bequeathed by Guy Tristram Little
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1953 London: HMSO, 1963
Collection
Accession number
E.2603-1953

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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