The funeral procession of Tom and Jerry, the mourners including gamblers, pugilists and down-and-outs. Coloured aquatint by G. Cruikshank, 1823.
- Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.
- Date:
- [1823]
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- 44321i
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Corinthian Tom and Jerry Hawthorn are young men about town in Regency London, introduced as fictitious characters by Pierce Egan in Life in London, or, The day and night scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, esq., and his elegant friend, Corinthian Tom, London 1821. Their former companions mourn, including street sweepers, link-boys, Bob Logic (with umbrella), a black man with a wooden leg playing the violin, inn-keepers and gambling-den operators. Delighted nightwatchmen, glad to see the end of Tom & Jerry, follow up in the rear of the procession
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[London] : [John Lowndes], [1823]
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1 print : aquatint, with watercolour ; image 15.6 x 20.7 cm
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Tom & Jerry's funeral
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Not found in: British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires
Reference
Wellcome Collection 44321i
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