George CRUIKSHANK
Capricornus: A caper o' corns
(1846)
plate 12 from The Comic Almanack for 1846, published by David Bogue, London

Medium
etching

Measurements
8.2 × 14.2 cm (image) 9.8 × 15.8 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 2375

Inscription
printed in ink l.l.: George Cruikshank
printed in ink l.c.: CAPRICORNUS _ A Caper o’corns

Accession Number
4294.26-3

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 Performing Arts

Subjects (specific)
cartoons (humorous images) corn (species) costumes (character dress) goat (genus) performances (creative events) stages (performance spaces) women (female humans) zodiac symbols

Movements
Victorian