George CRUIKSHANK
Advice to those about to marry – buy cheap furniture
(1852)
plate 4 from The Comic Almanack for 1852, published by David Bogue, London

Medium
etching

Measurements
8.5 × 14.7 cm (image) 9.8 × 16.0 cm (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
Cohn 184; Reid 2548

Inscription
printed in ink l.l.-l.r.: Advice “To those about to marry”- buy - cheap- Furniture -

Accession Number
4294.13-3

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)
Furniture Humour and Satire Relationships and Interactions

Subjects (specific)
breaking cartoons (humorous images) chairs (furniture forms) couples dining tables marriage (social construct) spouses

Movements
Victorian