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Peter Snout

Title Page
01/10/1816 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

'Peter Snout or A Shift To Make A Shirt'. Broadside-ballad and title page in letterpress, with a hand-coloured etching illustration showing a man (Peter Snout) creeping out of a bedroom stealing another mans shirt. Copy states that this was 'sung with universal Applause by Mr. Sloman and Mr. Munden.


Object details

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Object type
Titles
  • Peter Snout
  • A Shift To Make A Shirt
Materials and techniques
Hand-coloured etching and letterpress
Brief description
'Peter Snout or A Shift To Make A Shirt'. Broadside-ballad and title page in letterpress, with a hand-coloured etching illustration showing a man (Peter Snout) creeping out of a bedroom stealing another mans shirt. Designed and etched by George Cruikshank. Published by J. Whittle & R. H. Laurie, London, 1816.
Physical description
'Peter Snout or A Shift To Make A Shirt'. Broadside-ballad and title page in letterpress, with a hand-coloured etching illustration showing a man (Peter Snout) creeping out of a bedroom stealing another mans shirt. Copy states that this was 'sung with universal Applause by Mr. Sloman and Mr. Munden.
Dimensions
  • Height: 30.2cm
  • Width: 23.8cm
Dimensions taken from: Edge, Kevin. The Art of Selling Songs : Graphics for the Music Business, 1690-1990. London : Futures Publications, c.1991.
Historical context
Copy states that this was 'sung with universal Applause by Mr. Sloman and Mr. Munden.'
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Edge, Kevin. The Art of Selling Songs : Graphics for the Music Business, 1690-1990. London : Futures Publications, c.1991.
Collection
Accession number
9477F

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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