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Tom and Jerry masquerading it among the cadgers in the back slums in the Holy Land

Tom and Jerry masquerading it among the cadgers in the back slums in the Holy Land
 (1821)
plate 33 from Life in London by Pierce Egan, published by Sherwood, Neely & Jones, London, 1821

Medium
hand-coloured etching and aquatint
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1966
Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
hand-coloured etching and aquatint
Measurements
10.7 × 19.6 cm (image) 13.0 × 20.4 cm (sheet, trimmed within platemark)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
BM Satires 14351; Cohn 262; Reid 4755, 5111
Inscription
printed in ink l.r.: Drawn & Eng.d (d in superscript above . ) by I.R. & G. Cruikshank.
printed in ink l.l.-l.r.: Tom and Jerry “Masquerading it” among the Cadgers in the “Back Slums”, / in the Holy Land.
Accession Number
1693B-5
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1966
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Humour and Satire
Subjects (specific)
drinking drunkenness London (inhabited place) musicians revellers revelries slums smoking (activity)

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