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Sagittarius: The archer

Sagittarius: The archer
(1846)
plate 11 from The Comic Almanack for 1846, published by David Bogue, London

Medium
etching

Measurements
8.3 × 14.3 cm (image) 9.5 × 15.2 cm (sheet, trimmed within platemark)

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

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
London, England

Catalogue/s Raisonné
Cohn 184; Reid 2374

Inscription
printed in ink l.r.: George Cruikshank
printed in ink l.c.: SAGITTARIUS _ The Archer _ (Not “Venus’ Son divine.”)
printed in ink (in image) (on flag) u.l.: ROSHERVILLE

Accession Number
4294.23-3

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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