The Streets, Morning

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Artist/Maker	Chapman & Hall (publishers) Cruikshank, George (artist)
Place of origin	London (made)

Study inscribed in ink 'Sketches by Boz'.

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Category	Dickens
Object type	Drawing
Title	The Streets, Morning (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Pencil study Pencil Drawing
Brief description	Study for the illustration to 'The Streets, Morning' by George Cruikshank for Chapman and Hall's edition of 'Sketches by Boz' by Charles Dickens, 1837-39.
Physical description	Study inscribed in ink 'Sketches by Boz'.
Dimensions	Height: 6in Width: 4in Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Charles Dickens: An exhibition to celebrate the centenary of his death London: HMSO, 1970.
Content description	A woman wearing a head scarf and apron stands stirring a cup of tea with a spoon, behind a stall in a cobbled street, in front of a baker's shop. A man wearing a tail-coat is pictured drinking tea in front of the stall, and a boy stands in the foreground. There is another figure wearing a top hat, leaning on a street bollard in the background. There is a church spire in the distance.
Marks and inscriptions	'Sketches by Boz' (Inscribed in ink)
Subjects depicted	Morning Streets
Association	Charles Dickens
Literary reference	'Sketches by Boz' by Charles Dickens, first published 1836.
Bibliographic reference	Victoria and Albert Museum Charles Dickens: An exhibition to celebrate the centenary of his death London: HMSO, 1970. P.14. Catalogue of the exhibition held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, June-September 1970.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	10023G/2

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O678569/the-streets-morning-drawing-cruikshank-george/

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