Mauger sharpening his axe
(1840)
illustration for The Tower of London: An Historical Romance by William Harrison Ainsworth, published by Richard Bentley, London, 1840

George CRUIKSHANK

Gallery location: Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium

etching

Measurements

12.3 × 10.0 cm (image) 12.6 × 10.0 cm irreg. (sheet, trimmed within platemark)

Place/s of Execution

London, England

Catalogue/s Raisonné

R2086

Inscription

printed in ink George Cruikshank

Accession Number

4294.1-3

Departments

International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

Credit Line

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Miss Archibald, 1930
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)

History and Legend Human Figures Literary and Text

Subjects (specific)

axes (weapons) beheadings executioners grindstones (equipment components) illustrations (layout features) literary characters men (male humans) Tower of London (historic site)

Movements

Victorian

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Mauger sharpening his axe
(1840)
illustration for The Tower of London: An Historical Romance by William Harrison Ainsworth, published by Richard Bentley, London, 1840

George CRUIKSHANK