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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
Measurements
10.7 × 19.6 cm (image) 13.0 × 20.4 cm (sheet, trimmed within platemark)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1966
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
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
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Subjects (general)
Human Figures Humour and Satire
Subjects (specific)
drinking drunkenness London (inhabited place) musicians revellers revelries slums smoking (activity)