Automaton Police Court and Real Offenders
Drawing
1838 (drawn)
1838 (drawn)
| Artist/Maker |
A drawing of what appears to be a court proceeding done in a cartoon style. One illustrated character is shown holding his head on a stick. Another character is drawn lying prone on the floor. Pictured are also a horse and a character with a clock for a face.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Automaton Police Court and Real Offenders (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | pencil on paper |
| Brief description | Drawing titled 'Automaton Police Court and Real Offenders' by George Cruikshank made to produce the etchings produced to illustrate The Mudfog Papers by Charles Dickens, a collection of essays originally published in the journal 'Bentley's Miscellany' ca. 1838 |
| Physical description | A drawing of what appears to be a court proceeding done in a cartoon style. One illustrated character is shown holding his head on a stick. Another character is drawn lying prone on the floor. Pictured are also a horse and a character with a clock for a face. |
| Marks and inscriptions | "Automaton Police and Real Offenders
Mudfog Papers by Charles Dickens
Bentley 1838" (Pencil, lower centre recto) |
| Credit line | Bequest of Mrs. Eliza Cruikshank |
| Association | |
| Literary reference | 'The Mudfog Papers' by Charles Dickens, published in 1880, is a volume of collected stories that originally appeared in in the magazine 'Bentley's Miscellany' ca. 1838. |
| Associated objects | |
| Bibliographic reference | From departmental notes relating to the Cruikshank Bequest
The full text of the entry is as follows:
'Mud-Fog Papers by Charles Dickens: Automaton Police Court and Real Offenders" |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 9397B/A |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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