The Pixies were the wags Who tipt these funny tags and these heels!
Print
1866 (printed)
1866 (printed)
Artist/Maker |
An etching portraying a 'pixie' seated on a chair overseeing a group of five 'pixies' working on a pair of boots. There is a table in the background with a pin-cushion and bottle
Object details
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Object type | |
Title | The Pixies were the wags Who tipt these funny tags and these heels! (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | print on paper |
Brief description | '"The Pixies were the wags Who tipt these funny tags and these heels!"', a print by George Cruikshank produced to illustrate a poem by Frederick Locker Lampson |
Physical description | An etching portraying a 'pixie' seated on a chair overseeing a group of five 'pixies' working on a pair of boots. There is a table in the background with a pin-cushion and bottle |
Production type | Proof |
Marks and inscriptions | George Cruikshank 1866
"The Pixies were the wags Who tip these funny tags and these heels!"
Frederick Locker (printed, lower centre recto) |
Credit line | Bequest of Mrs. Eliza Cruikshank |
Subject depicted | |
Association | |
Literary reference | Frederick Locker-Lampson's 'Rowfant Library Catalogue', 1886 |
Associated object | 9404A/1 (copy) |
Bibliographic reference | From departmental notes relating to the Cruikshank Bequest
The full text is as follows:
The Pixie. A poem by Frederick Locker.
(dated) 1866
2. 1 Ind. 1 plain." |
Collection | |
Accession number | 9404A/2 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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