The Loving Ballad of Lord Bateman
Print
1839 (printed and published)
1839 (printed and published)
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Etching proof.
Object details
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| Title | The Loving Ballad of Lord Bateman (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Etching proof |
| Brief description | One of eleven proofs of etchings by George Cruikshank of the illustrations, text and music for 'The Loving Ballad of Lord Bateman', a traditional ballad revised by Charles Dickens. Published by Cruikshank in 1839. |
| Physical description | Etching proof. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Designed Etched and Published by George Cruikshank' (Each inscribed with a variant of ) |
| Object history | The little book 'The Loving Ballad of Lord Bateman', 1839, was the last collaboration of Dickens and Cruikshank. Cruikshank had heard a cockney version of this traditional ballad sung outside a public house, and repeated it to Dickens. Dickens touched it up and added some facetious notes for the published version, which Cruikshank illustrated with a series of jaunty etchings, over which Dickens was unusually enthusiastic. 'You never did anything like those etchings - never'. Henry Burnett noted down the tune hastily, intending to make a fair copy, but Cruikshank felt the crudely-written notes would add to the humour of the piece. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum Charles Dickens: An exhibition to celebrate the centenary of his death London: HMSO, 1970. P.18. Catalogue of the exhibition held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, June-September 1970. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 9441:10 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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