Terms and conditions of use
Taking the census
(1851)
plate 3 from The Comic Almanack for 1851, published by David Bogue, London
Medium
etching
Measurements
8.5 × 15.0 cm (image) 10.3 × 16.9 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 2527
Inscription
printed in ink l.l.: George Cruikshank
printed in ink l.c.: TAKING THE CENSUS
printed in ink (in image) u.l.: What! not / made out / the list yet?!
printed in ink (in image) u.c.: Why, no: it is’mt such an ez matter as you may think for; However, let me see; there’s, / John & Tom & Bill & Susan & Harry & Sarah & Dick & Eliza & George & Septimus & Peter / & Jane & Augustus & Decimus & Charles & Betsey & Harriet & Rebecca & Emma & Bob & / James & Anne & David & the two Gran’Mothers & Father & Mother & My Wife’s Father & Mother & / aunt Lizzy & aunt Hannah & aunt Carry & Cousin Amelia & Cousin Fanny & Uncle Edward & / & Cousin Alfred & the three nurses, two Housemaids, / the Cook & the boy &- &-&- hang me if I can / recollect em all so’its no use / to try!
printed in ink (in image) u.r.: John, dear! don’t / forget the two babbies!
printed (diagonally) in ink (in image) c.l.: Census / Males / Females
Accession Number
4294.15-3
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 Humour and Satire Relationships and Interactions
Subjects (specific)
cartoons (humorous images) censusing children (people by age group) families (kinship groups)
Movements
Victorian