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Scorpio: The slanderer
(1846)
plate 10 from The Comic Almanack for 1846, published by David Bogue, London
Medium
etching
Measurements
8.4 × 13.8 cm (image) 9.8 × 15.0 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 2373
Inscription
printed in ink l.r.: George Cruikshank
printed in ink l.c.: SCORPIO _ The Slanderer _ “I could a tale unfold.”
printed in ink (in image) (on scorpian’s tail) c.l.: SLANDER THE DEADLY LIE
Accession Number
4294.22-3
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) couples creatures deceit perils reading (activity) zodiac symbols
Movements
Victorian