George CRUIKSHANK

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

Medium

etching

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

Gallery location: Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium

etching

Measurements

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

Place/s of Execution

London, England

Catalogue/s Raisonné

Cohn 184; Reid 2374

Inscription

printed in ink George Cruikshank
printed in ink SAGITTARIUS _ The Archer _ (Not “Venus’ Son divine.”)
printed in ink (in image) (on flag) ROSHERVILLE

Accession Number

4294.23-3

Departments

International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

Credit Line

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Miss Archibald, 1930
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest

Gallery location

Not on display

Subjects (general)

Human Figures Humour and Satire Leisure, Games and Sport

Subjects (specific)

archers archery archery ranges arrows bows (weapons) cartoons (humorous images) targets (sports equipment) zodiac symbols

Movements

Victorian

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George CRUIKSHANK

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