George CRUIKSHANK
The persecuted butler
1830
illustration for Letters on Demonology & Witchcraft by Sir Walter Scott, published by John Murray, London, 1830

Medium
etching

Measurements
6.9 × 11.2 cm (image) 7.2 × 11.2 cm (sheet)

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

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Catalogue/s Raisonné
Reid 1475

Accession Number
4294.7-3

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)
Human Figures Literary and Text Religion and Mythology

Subjects (specific)
butlers (servants) creatures flotation illustrations (layout features) legendary beings men (male humans) punishing supernatural

Movements
Regency (British)