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George Speaight Punch & Judy Collection

Print
ca. 1859 (published)
Artist/Maker
Thomas Hailes Lacy (publisher)
Lacy & Parker (publishers)
Cruikshank, George (artist)
Place of origin
London (published)

Illustration proofs (no. 1443_1444) for the 4th edition of Punch & Judy first published by Lacy and Parker. This work contained the play The Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy of Punch and Judy and was illustrated by George Cruikshank 1828.

Object details

Category
Entertainment & Leisure
Object type
Print
TitleGeorge Speaight Punch & Judy Collection (named collection)
Materials and techniques
etching, ink on india paper
Printing Ink
Paper
India Paper
Print-Making
Etching (Corroding)
Brief description
Illustration proofs (no. 1443_1444) for the 4th edition of The Tragical Comedy, or Comical Tragedy of Punch & Judy with etchings by George Cruikshank first published by Lacy and Parker, ca. 1859, George Speaight Punch & Judy Collection.
Physical description
Two etchings printed in black ink on india paper. Both etchings depict scenes from a Punch & Judy show performed in a puppet theatre. The top etching sees Punch dueling with the Devil. The illustration below this shows a triumphant Punch using his stick to 'whirl... [the Devil] round in the air, exclaiming, "Huzza! huzza! the Devil's dead!"' (Cruikshank, G. Punch & Judy, 1881, p.94).
Dimensions
  • Size of india paper height: 23.4cm
  • Size of india paper width: 16.2cm
  • Total including mount height: 32.1cm
  • Total including mount width: 24.9cm
Credit line
Accepted by HM Government in Lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the V&A in 2010.
Subjects depicted
Punch
Devil
Literary referencePunch and Judy
Summary
Illustration proofs (no. 1443_1444) for the 4th edition of Punch & Judy first published by Lacy and Parker. This work contained the play The Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy of Punch and Judy and was illustrated by George Cruikshank 1828.
Other number
Punch Medium Size File
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.936-2010

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Record createdJune 11, 2010
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1159972/george-speaight-punch--judy-print-cruikshank-george/
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