George CRUIKSHANK
Extraordinary flight of lady birds on the sea coast
(1848)
plate 4 from The Comic Almanack for 1848, published by David Bogue, London

Medium
etching

Measurements
7.8 × 11.7 cm (image) 9.2 × 13.2 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 2422

Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.r.: George Cruikshank
printed in ink l.c.: EXTRAORDINARY FLIGHT OF LADY BIRDS ON THE SEA COAST.

Accession Number
4294.24-3

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 Leisure, Games and Sport

Subjects (specific)
boats parasols (costume accessories) seashores waterfronts women (female humans)

Movements
Victorian