The Last Cabdriver
Print
1830s (made)
1830s (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Etching proof.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Title | The Last Cabdriver (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Etching proof |
| Brief description | Proof of etching for the illustration to 'The Last Cabdriver' by George Cruikshank, for John Macrone's edition of 'Sketches by Boz' by Charles Dickens. 1830s. |
| Physical description | Etching proof. |
| Dimensions | Various sizes. Noted in Victoria and Albert Museum Charles Dickens: An exhibition to celebrate the centenary of his death London: HMSO, 1970. |
| Content description | Sheet with two images. The one on the right depicts a driver seated in his cab, an obsolete form of cabriolet, holding reins and a whip. The one on the left shows characters walking in the rain, focusing on a lady with a parasol next to a man in military dress, and in the foreground, a boy, possibly a chimney sweep. Behind the boy on the right is a figure dressed as clown, and to the left figures surrounding a tree. |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'George Cruickshank' (and the etching [signed]) |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Association | |
| Literary reference | 'Sketches by Boz' by Charles Dickens, first published in 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 | |
| Accession number | 9726:13 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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