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

Medium
etching

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

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Miss Archibald, 1930

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
London, England

Catalogue/s Raisonné
R2086

Inscription
printed in ink l.c.: George Cruikshank

Accession Number
4294.1-3

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest

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