A crowded street in London. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1812.
- Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.
- Date:
- [1812]
- Reference:
- 38476i
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On the right is a tripe-butcher's shop. In the centre a thin and rickety man sells execution broadsides inscribed "The last dying sp[eech]", with a print of bodies hanging from a gibbet; he may be derived from a figure in Hogarth's print The march to Tyburn in the series "Industry and idleness". On the left is a shop where prints are sold; among the prints on sale is one of the "Hottentot Venus" (British Museum Catalogue of satires no. 11577)
Publication/Creation
[London] ([139 St Martin's Lane]) : [G. Smeeton], [1812]
Physical description
1 print : etching, with watercolour ; image 14.6 x 19.7 cm
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Lettering
Grievances of London. G. Cruikshank fect.
There is lettering within the print
References note
British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires, London 1949, vol. 9, no. 11985
Reference
Wellcome Collection 38476i
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Location Status Access Closed stores